Plumber Tom Harvey consoled himself that selling his prize Porsche would raise the deposit for a new house… only to win another two days later.
The 28-year-old first won a Porsche 911 Carrera 4 GTS worth $219,000 on Boxing Day in 2017 – along with $40,000 in cash – after entering an online spot-the-ball competition.
Incredibly, last week he won another model – this time a Macan S worth just a shade under $99,800 – and another $40,000 in cash. His two windfalls total $396,000.
But the biggest cause for celebration was that he had just sold his first win for about $179,000 last Sunday to use as a deposit on a new house with his partner – two days before learning he had won his second dream car.
Commenting on his good fortune, Tom, from Dartford, Kent, admitted that he was "gobsmacked" by the win.
