Euromillions £201m win might wreck your life – boob jobs, splits and homelessness
A record-breaking sum was up for grabs in final evening’s EuroMillions draw – however successful the jackpot might come at a value.
The 5 essential numbers and two fortunate stars had been revealed final evening (Friday, December 8) at 8:15pm UK time. If one fortunate winner has matched all seven they are going to scoop up an eye-watering £201m, setting a brand new file and turning into Britain’s largest ever National Lottery winner within the course of.
But how a lot cash is an excessive amount of cash? If earlier winners are something to go by, yesterday’s prime prize is greater than sufficient.
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Take the tragic story of Callie Rogers, who turned the UK’s youngest winner in 2003 when she pocketed £1.8million aged simply 16. Now 36, Callie mentioned she was “too young” to enter the draw and ended up spending practically twenty years splurging her winnings on events, designer garments and cosmetic surgery – together with £17,000 on boob jobs to spice up her confidence.
Callie admitted to battling “trust issues” after successful huge and mentioned the sudden inflow of money had a detrimental impact on her well-being. She mentioned she fell into unhealthy friendships with “fake” buddies who simply needed a chunk of the pie.
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“Not knowing who liked me for me, and having all the stress of all the money, I just wanted to go back to having a normal life,” she mentioned on ITV’s This Morning a number of years in the past.
Now Callie leads a traditional life however the unfavourable penalties of the win nonetheless plague the mum-of-two. “I undergo from such dangerous anxiousness when I’m going to fulfill new folks,” she mentioned. “I still get abuse just because of who I am.”
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Callie is not the one one who’s seen the darkish facet of turning into filthy wealthy in a single day. Michael Carroll, 40, scooped practically £10million at 19 earlier than incomes the nickname “Lotto Lout” after splashing his money on cocaine and prostitutes.
The former binman as soon as boasted he had slept with 4,000 girls after internet hosting drug-fuelled “Roman-style orgies” at his Norfolk mansion. But his rock-and-roll life-style ultimately noticed the money run out and Mickey ended up homeless, having declared chapter in 2013. He has since relocated to Scotland and works as a yard foreman at a quarry.
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Margaret Loughrey, 56, was one other winner whose life was thrown into turmoil. She picked up the successful EuroMillions ticket on a whim, bagging an eye-watering £27m within the course of.
Despite her new-found wealth, Margaret continued to dwell in her bungalow in Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland, and purchased swanky properties together with her “dream home.” However, 4 months after bagging the prize Margaret was sectioned after being deemed “a danger to herself and others.”
Her psychological well being continued to deteriorate and she or he was tragically discovered lifeless in September 2021, shortly after renovations on her dream house had been completed. She by no means obtained to dwell within the property.
Adrian and Gillian Bayford additionally turned victims of the so-called “lottery curse” after scooping £148m within the EuroMillions. In the 11 years since they gained the sum in 2012, their life collectively has fallen aside.
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Gillian, 51, revealed she wished the couple had by no means gone public when, simply 15 months after the win, their marriage fell aside. She is now married to convicted fraudster Brian Deans, whereas her ex-husband, 52, was unfortunate in love for years after the divorce.
In 2021 he moved out of the mansion he purchased following the win at a loss after he was dumped there 4 instances. Earlier this yr he was noticed with a brand new love curiosity, ambulance employee Tracey Biles.
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