Queen Wins 80 Cents in British Lottery
Queen Elizabeth II was among the winners in the first draw of Britain’s new national lottery, Today newspaper reported in its Monday editions.
Britain’s richest woman won 10 pounds ($15.70), but she will have to share it with the other members of a 20-member royal syndicate including her husband, Prince Philip, and the Queen Mother, it said. They will each get 50 pence (80 cents).
The royal punters were among 1.1 million Britons who won the minimum prize in the lottery by picking three of the six numbers drawn Saturday evening.
The Queen sat alone in Windsor Castle watching the draw live on television, Today said.
“She loves a flutter,” a royal source told the newspaper. “She gets very excited when something she has bet on comes in even second or third.”
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