The winners of a large £61million EuroMillions jackpot have been unveiled.
Richard and Debbie Nuttall each 54, from Colne, Lancashire, have damaged their silence after scooping the whopping pot of money value precisely £61,708,231, which they gained on January 30. It was half of a bigger £123million prize draw which they’re understood to have shared with one other winner primarily based in Spain.
Mr Nuttall deliberate to unveil their identities from a resort in Clitheroe, Lancashire, which he did at present, explaining how they drove round Fuerteventura within the Canary islands in search of a telephone sign to test their whopping win. Speaking to the Mirror, he mentioned: “It was the second day of our holiday and I had got up early to finish off a bit of work. I noticed the email from The National Lottery stating that there was ‘exciting news about your ticket’.
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“So I checked my National Lottery account and noticed the stability had gone up and we’d gained £2.60. Fair sufficient. I shut my laptop computer, had breakfast after which we set off for the day, driving across the island. We loved the ocean views, blue skies and windsurfers earlier than heading again.
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“It was early afternoon when we spotted another email saying we should check our account. I thought it was odd and there must be a glitch in the system to get a duplicate email but I logged in again to my National Lottery account to check. We were totally stunned, it said we had won over £61M!”
He added: “We simply couldn’t make sense of it. My first thought was it have to be a rip-off or there was some combine up. I do know it sounds loopy however we couldn’t assume straight! I attempted calling The National Lottery’s quantity however my cell phone sign was poor and the decision simply stored dropping. So I WhatsApped the household chat group asking for one in all our daughters to name us urgently.
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“My youngest came back quickly and we asked her to log into our National Lottery account from the UK and double-check. She put in my details and then just kept repeating ’oh my god, oh my god, oh my god!!’ It must be real, this was the official National Lottery website we were all looking at.”
Andy Carter, senior winners’ adviser on the National Lottery, mentioned earlier this month: “This is absolutely incredible news and we’re delighted that we’ve received a claim.
“This is the first UK EuroMillions jackpot win of 2024, following on from an incredible 2023 which saw six UK EuroMillions jackpots won, including a £111.7 million win by an anonymous single ticket-holder in June.
“Our focus is now on supporting this latest lucky ticket-holder through the process and helping them start to enjoy their truly life-changing win.”
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