A group of hospital workers were delighted to discover they had won £1.3 million on the UK National Lottery, but NHS bosses banned them from cracking open a bottle of bubbly to celebrate their win.
The 30-strong syndicate matched all six numbers in a UK National Lottery draw on April 30, winning £1,339,367.
The all-female group, who work at the Lady Home Hospital in Douglas, Lanarkshire, have been playing the lottery since its launch in 1994.
The winners were delighted at their windfall of £44,645.57 each.
But NHS officials stopped the celebrations from kicking off with the traditional cracking open of bottles of bubbly after they said it broke strict rules.
The group had been handed glasses of champagne to toast their win, but were forced to hand them back due to rules blocking them from drinking in uniform.
One onlooker said: “The ladies were in a party mood and were all set to toast their lucky win.
“Every one of them had been given a National Lottery champagne flute and bottles of bubbly were being passed round.
“But at the last minute, the staff were all left looking pretty disappointed when the fizz was yanked back off them and they were told to pour the glasses away.
“It seemed pretty petty and even patients who were watching from windows looked baffled by the decision.”
The syndicate was made up of nurses, clinical support workers, cleaners, kitchen and office staff whose winning numbers were 1, 6, 12, 29, 36, 44.
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