ZapFic Monday: Bill Smith's Big Win

This week's Zapfic prompt in the Freewriters community is "Premium"

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In 1978, Bill Smith bought £100 of Premium Bonds. For 45 years, they won just one £25 prize.
Then a man came to the door. He said, “You’ve won the million pound jackpot !”
Bill was so shocked he dropped dead from a heart attack. What a shame.

I managed to hit exactly 240 characters again 😁

As background for anyone from outside the UK, Premium Bonds are a government saving scheme that has been going for years. Instead of paying interest, there is a monthly draw by a computer called ERNIE. Most of the prizes are quite small, but each month there is one jackpot prize of a million pounds. The odds of winning are pretty astronomical !

For any of my friends (or anyone else, for that matter !) who reads this and fancies giving it a try, it's really fun and thought provoking. The rules are really simple;

• The Freewriters Community has a Zapfic post with a writing prompt every Monday
• Your response must be posted within 3 days in the Freewriters Community.
• Please post a link to your entry in the comments section of the prompt post
• Please use #freewritehouse and #zapfic tags.
• The important one - YOU MUST use a word/character counter (if you search for word counter on the internet or in your phone's app store you will get a big choice!) wordcounter.net and include a screenshot. Entries without a screenshot will NOT be valid.
• Please use the prompt provided as you see fit (use your imagination)
• Try to tell a complete story if you can!
• The story should only be up to 240 characters long (including spaces, punctuation etc).