Jobless ex-bouncer accused of faking £200,000 scratchcard jackpot claims
Eric Walker pictured with his partner Amanda Emmadi
A jobless ex-bouncer who has been accused of faking his £200,000 scratchcard jackpot has claimed police haven’t been in touch with him – but Camelot still won’t pay out.
Eric Walker, from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, thought he had won the huge sum after scratching three matching symbols on the National Lottery‘s £3-a-time Pharoah’s Fortune card in November.
But lottery organisers Camelot accused him of altering one of the co-ordinates on the card – and called in police to check if it had been doctored.
Months later, South Yorkshire Police still haven’t been round to see if the
He told the Sun: ‘At the end of the day, especially if it’s a misprint, how are Camelot going to explain that to me after I’ve been slated?
‘There are not enough apologies in the world. I want a member of the Camelot team to come and scrutinise that card in front of me and tell me where we have supposed to have altered it.
‘We are the ones getting scammed. It’s not called Camelot, it’s called Scamelot.’
He insists he wants his name cleared, and revealed that members of the public have been shouting at him in the street calling him a cheat.
Mr Walker, who buys six scratchcards a day, has four children aged 14 months, two-and-a-half, three and nine years old.
