Teenager wins £1 million on Euro Millions lottery (From Daily Echo)
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Winner, 19, was in pub when he discovered win
8:33am Tuesday 31st July 2012 in News
Teenager wins £1 million on Euro Millions lottery
A HAMPSHIRE teenager is adjusting to life as a millionaire after discovering he scooped the Euro Millions prize while in his local pub.
The 19-year-old is one of 100 people to have won £1m each as part of the record-breaking Euro Millions Olympic Draw.
The youngster, who is understood to have only just left college, was in the Four Horseshoes pub in Nursling to watch the Olympic opening ceremony on Friday night.
During a lull in the coverage he checked his phone for the lottery result and found he had one of the winning tickets for the UK Millionaire Raffle.
Barman Nathan Neofytou said the teenager, who was at the pub with his mum and dad, was left stunned.
“He just said he thought he had won it, his mum came around and checked his phone and said it was true. He was just stunned, completely shocked. He couldn’t really say anything.”
The 19-year-old’s dad celebrated his son’s win by promptly buying everyone a round of drinks.
Nathan said the news added to what was already a memorable night with the start of the London 2012 Games.
“It was a great night, everyone had a great time. What a completely unbelievable thing to happen,” added Nathan.
By last night 79 of the 100 newly created millionaires had come forward to claim their prize, organisers confirmed.
A National Lottery spokesman said the draw attracted an unprecedented number of players with so many playing online that the website crashed.
He added: “In addition to creating so many overnight millionaires, the draw helped boost the £30m-plus raised for good causes every week.
“We urge all players to check their tickets to help us push this record even higher.
An estimated £123m will be paid out to players in the UK from Friday’s main draw but no one won the £110m jackpot, which has rolled over to tonight.
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diesel64
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8:51am Tue 31 Jul 12
meme85
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9:26am Tue 31 Jul 12
good-gosh
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11:47am Tue 31 Jul 12
southy
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12:15pm Tue 31 Jul 12
good-gosh wrote:Would of more less say the same, put it in a bank, then after a year just live on the intrest.
I would advise against spending it. Leave it all in a few good accessible accounts with different banks - as a permanent cushion throughout life. The interest alone will then provide about £20,000 every year, for life.
spending £1million where he young will not last out his life time.
Georgem
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12:25pm Tue 31 Jul 12
southy wrote:Interest? You capitalist pig-dog!
good-gosh wrote:Would of more less say the same, put it in a bank, then after a year just live on the intrest.
I would advise against spending it. Leave it all in a few good accessible accounts with different banks - as a permanent cushion throughout life. The interest alone will then provide about £20,000 every year, for life.
spending £1million where he young will not last out his life time.
mack chinnon
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1:10pm Tue 31 Jul 12
good-gosh wrote:I would spend a load on sex and drugs and rock and roll and then waste the rest.
I would advise against spending it. Leave it all in a few good accessible accounts with different banks - as a permanent cushion throughout life. The interest alone will then provide about £20,000 every year, for life.
Shoong
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1:33pm Tue 31 Jul 12
Georgem wrote:Does he count as 'super rich' now?
southy wrote:Interest? You capitalist pig-dog!
good-gosh wrote:Would of more less say the same, put it in a bank, then after a year just live on the intrest.
I would advise against spending it. Leave it all in a few good accessible accounts with different banks - as a permanent cushion throughout life. The interest alone will then provide about £20,000 every year, for life.
spending £1million where he young will not last out his life time.
margie933
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4:22pm Tue 31 Jul 12
Just another reader
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5:09pm Tue 31 Jul 12
sameoldscene
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5:18pm Tue 31 Jul 12
Dragonqueen
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11:17pm Tue 31 Jul 12
Nursling Resident
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11:06am Thu 2 Aug 12
Over the Edge says...
8:39am Tue 31 Jul 12