... how are they going to pay his prize money?

- Travellers don't have bank accounts, as they don't have a fixed address to register with.
And more importantly to travellers, they are traceable.

- Paying him in cash would be in sequentially numbered notes, also traceable.

Is this a misguided attempt to be funny, or do you really believe it? Hughie's family are settled travellers and Hughie has a proper job as a support carer in a youth centre, which means he has both a bank account and a fixed address.

If I've wasted my time responding to a bad attempt at humour then you should have included a smiley.

I agree.

This thread really must be a joke.