WHEN Cameron Etchells left his local Sainsbury’s on Monday, he had no way of knowing he was in possession of a one in a quintillion box of eggs.

The 20-year-old politics student claims the carton, bought from the Lewes Road superstore in Brighton, contained six double-yolked eggs.

If true, the chances of this happening would be roughly the same odds as winning the EuroMillions jackpot on two back-to-back tickets.

The chances of picking up such an egg box are one in a quintillion – that’s one followed by 18 zeros.

A shell-shocked Cameron said: “I’ve never seen a double yolk egg in my whole life

“When we opened the first, me and my flatmate were surprised. When we opened the second we were in shock.

“But six – we’re just totally gobsmacked.”

The second-year student, who lives in St Paul’s Road, Brighton, bought the eggs for his flatmate birthday.

He said the eggs were for making “brownies”.

The chances of cracking opening a double yolk egg is one in a thousand, according to the British Egg Information Service.

The probability of opening two in a row is one in a million.

And Cameron’s eggs-travagant six-egg claim is a one-in a-quintillion chance.

The University of Sussex student said: “I’m not really a person that believes in luck and I’m not religious or superstitious. Me and my roommate Fhak cheered and jumped for joy – I’m never going to forget this.”

Cameron, who hopes his luck “hasn’t run out”, has now bought lottery tickets to capitalise on what he says is his lucky streak.

He said: “The chances of double-yolk eggs are

pretty slim.

“We managed to eat them after our initial shock, and despite high expectations, we found they tasted the same as any other egg.

“What happened was even more unlikely than winning the lottery, – although it’s obvious I’d prefer that, given a choice.”