Three lucky York friends who won £20,000 on a lottery instant card are almost spent up - after just three weeks.

INSTANT winners: Simon Allen, Owen Buckle and Sam McKee ready to run an egg and spoon race with Camelot representative Kath Wilson Picture: Frank Dwyer

Simon Allen, 18 of Haxby Road, Sam McKee, 27, of Clifton, and Owen Buckle, 20, also of Clifton, shared out their lottery win - making each of them £6,666 richer.

The lucky lads are now down to about £2,000 each.

They bought their winning Cash Bonanza Instants card from Tesco at Clifton Moor, after they were turned away from York's twin nightclubs ikon and Diva when their T-shirts failed to meet the dress code.

They popped into Tesco to buy shirts to smarten up - and on impulse bought a scratch card and won £20,000.

They then went back to the club and spent £250 between them that night. Sam said: "We had to party!"

Over the last three weeks the boys have celebrated their lucky win in repeat visits to the ikon and Diva and have managed to hand over a lot of their winnings behind the bar. Simon said: "Between us all we've spent over £2,000 at ikon and Diva."

The three have also been clothes shopping and were planning a snowboarding holiday in France, but they might have to start counting their coppers. Simon said: "We're still hoping to go on holiday - but it's not booked yet."

One member of the group, Sam, has splashed out on his family. He's bought his sister a second hand car.

The York trio don't seem to know how to spend the rest of their cash, but are planning to have fun doing it!

Richard Stuart, promotions manager at ikon and Diva, said: "We know the guys well. We're pleased that they won the money and can't think of a better place for them to spend it.

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