The strange case of two UK lotto louts just got a lot stranger after a third individual stepped forward to claim the disputed jackpot.

In April, two thirty-something career petty criminals named Mark Goodram and Jon-Ross Watson – who boast dozens of convictions between them – claimed to have won a £4m scratchcard jackpot. But National Lottery operator Camelot has so far refused to pay the pair, citing concerns that the ticket was not legally purchased.

Seems neither Goodram nor Watson has a bank account, yet somehow used a bank debit card to purchase the winning ticket in south London. Both men have been linked to stolen bank cards in the past, leading Camelot to suspect that the winning ticket was bought with “funds obtained without the [card] owner’s consent.”

Goodram and Watson have engaged a lawyer who continues to issue deadlines by which Camelot needs to make with the money or face a lawsuit that Camelot appears only too eager to contest.