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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

TOP 10 BIGGEST LOTTERY WINNERS

1. Colin and Chris Weir: £161,653,000
The husband and wife, from Largs in Ayrshire, said they were 'tickled pink' after becoming Europe's biggest lottery winners in July 2011. 
Married for 30 years and with two children, the life-changing £161 million prize catapulted them into the Sunday Times Rich List above Beatle Ringo Starr and Sir Tom Jones.
Psychiatric nurse Mrs Weir, 55, and Mr Weir, 64, who worked as a TV cameraman and studio manager for 23 years, have reportedly bought a fleet of cars for friends since their win as well as a mansion.




2. Adrian and Gillian Bayford: £148,656,000
Children's nurse Gillian, 40, and record seller Adrian, 41, from Haverhill, Suffolk, said they planned to fork out on luxury holidays and cars when they won in August last year.
Adrian joked to his wife that he had not bought any tickets, before she told him to be quiet as she was trying to get their children to sleep as he celebrated the win. The couple have since separated.

Adrian Bayford, 41, and wife Gillian, 40


3. Anonymous: £113,019,926
One British ticket scooped the massive prize in October 2010 but decided not to go public.

4. Anonymous: £107,900,000
Last night's winner who is yet to come forward



5. Dave and Angela Dawes: £101,203,600
Dave Dawes, 47, a shift supervisor for Premier Foods, and Angela Dawes, 43, a volunteer for the British Heart Foundation, hit the EuroMillions jackpot in October 2011.
It was only the third time the couple, from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, had played the lottery.











Dave Dawes and Angela Dawes



6. Anonymous: £84,451,320
The haul was won in May 2010 but the winner kept their identity secret.

7. Anonymous: £81,381,673
A winner from 2013, who is yet to come forward: £81,381,673


8. Nigel Page: £56,008,113
Self-confessed white van man Nigel Page, 43, scooped a cool £56 million in February 2010.
The skydiving enthusiast, who lived in a three-bedroom semi near Cirencester, Wiltshire, married his girlfriend Justine, 42, and moved into a mansion in the Cotswolds.
It was reported that he paid ex-wife Wendy, 43, £2million after she made a legal claim for £8million. The pair had separated 10 years before his bumper win.

Euro Lottery winner Nigel Page celebrates with his partner Justine



9. Anonymous: £46,432,285
One British ticket scooped the massive prize in February last year but decided not to go public.



10. Les and Sam Scadding: £45,570,835
Unemployed mechanic Les Scadding, 58, and his wife Samantha Peachey-Scadding, 38, from Caerleon, South Wales, bought one of two winning tickets which shared a £90million jackpot in November 2009.
Grandfather Mr Scadding was £68 overdrawn on his bank account on the day he bought his lucky ticket and had also beaten testicular cancer.
The other £45million-winning EuroMillions ticket was bought by a syndicate of seven office workers based in Merseyside.
The winners - dubbed the Magnificent Seven - were employed by Hewlett Packard to carry out IT work at a BT office in Liverpool.
John Walsh, 57, James Bennett, 28, Sean Connor, 32, Alex Parry, 19, Emma Cartwright, 23, Ceri Scullion, 35, and Donna Rhodes, 39, each banked £6.5million.


Les Scadding, 58, and his wife Samantha Peachey-Scadding, 38


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