Pinner retailer wins £10,000 prize in Camelot draw

Retailer Balasingam Jasotharan, who owns A Best Food & Wine in Pinner, has won the top prize in Camelot’s latest Site, Stock, Sell online quarterly prize draw.

Jasotharan took home a whopping £10,000.

“It’s fantastic to win this huge prize. I was so surprised when I found out, and obviously very happy,” he said.

“It’s great because one of my children is at university and the other has just passed his driving test, and this money means I can help both of them a bit more now. We’re actually looking at cars as we speak!”

A total of £20,000 in prizes have been awarded to National Lottery retailers for maintaining high in-store standards across the quarter, with 10 other retailers winning the second prize of £1,000 each.

The lucky £1,000 winners are:

• Zahoor Ahmed of Lifestyle Express in Airdrie
• Kanagarajah Mathipalarajah of Meadgate News in Chelmsford
• Shaun Robinson of Peak Stores in Chesterfield
• Sucha Singh of Newthorpe Food and Wine in Nottingham
• Gurkamel Garcha of St Anne’s Store in Willenhall

And five others who chose to remain anonymous from Birkenhead, Birmingham, Blackpool, Bristol and Stroud.

Zahoor Ahmed said: “This was a lovely surprise. I’ve been a National Lottery retailer for 19 years and never thought I’d win. I feel very proud to have won, as I take great pride in my store’s standards. I always promote the National Lottery in my shop, as I know ticket sales help my store generate money for National Lottery Good Causes.”

Jenny Blogg Camelot’s retail director, commented: “Well done to this quarter’s Site, Stock, Sell online winners – yet more fantastic work from National Lottery retailers who continue to keep those in-store standards at a very high level. Thank you for all your hard work. We’re looking forward to a fantastic year ahead, with lots of retailer rewards and initiatives lined-up for 2022.”

National Lottery retailers who are not signed up to the National Lottery Retailer Hub and would like to get involved with Camelot’s rewards programmes, including Site, Stock, Sell online, should sign up at www.tnlretailerhub.co.uk.