Regardless of hitting the jackpot, numerous UK lotto winners have suffered astonishing tragedies and misplaced their fortunes.
Callie Rogers
Callie turned Britain’s youngest lottery winner when she received £1.9million in 2003.
The 16-year-old from Cumbria gave up her £3.60-an-hour checkout job and went on a spending spree, buying a £180,000 bungalow and a £76,000 house for her mum.
However she in the end blew hundreds on wild events, three boob jobs and medicines, plus round £300,000 on designer garments.
Eighteen years after her win, Callie was discovered to be claiming Common Credit score after blowing her fortune.
Michael Carrol
The self-styled ‘King of Chavs’ was 19 when he scooped £9,736,131 on the Nationwide Lottery in November 2002.
The part-time binman, who was carrying an digital tag when he purchased his successful ticket, instantly purchased a £340,000 six-bedroom house in Norfolk.
He spent an additional £400,000 on lavish house upgrades and dropped £49,000 on a BMW to park in his drive. He most notably invested £1million in Rangers FC shares.
Michael’s spouse, Sandra, left him over his incessant social gathering boy life-style and took £1.4million from the divorce settlement. By 2010, he had declared chapter.
Roger Griffiths
Griffiths and his spouse Lara netted £1.8million on the Nationwide Lottery in 2005.
Quitting their day jobs, the couple loved costly holidays and luxurious motors and likewise splashed £800,000 on a barn conversion in Wetherby, West Yorks.
After wannabe rock star Roger spent £25,000 making a music report, the couple divested into safer property however the world monetary disaster hit and rendered them nugatory.
In 2010, their uninsured house tragically went up in flames – and all their funds dried up three years later.
Lee Ryan
Ex-jailbird Ryan scooped the £6.5million jackpot simply 17 weeks after the lottery was launched in 1994.
It later emerged he was accused of dealing with stolen automobiles and was imprisoned for 18 months after his enormous payout.
As soon as launched he spent a decade having fun with his riches, even shopping for a helicopter and a £2million mansion however in the end ended up penniless.
Lee was dealt his last blow when he took an ill-fated journey to Kyrgyzstan and invested the final of his winnings in property, which failed resulting from an financial disaster.
Gillian and Adrian Bayford
The loving couple’s lives modified in a single day in 2012 after they scooped a staggering £148million.
However simply 15 months after the win, their eight-year marriage ended with each events partly blaming stress from their mind-boggling win.
Adrian shacked up with ex-horse groomer Samantha Burbidge, who ended up bolting together with his cash, 30 horses, a horse field, and a automobile he gifted her.
Gillian was convicted of attacking her ex-lover Gavin Innes. She then moved on and began courting fraudster Brian Deans, who ended up in jail, and final made the headlines in 2021 for claiming almost £40,000 in furlough money.
Margaret Loughrey
Margaret scooped £27million in 2013 and have become Northern Eire’s largest winner on the time.
Nevertheless, the 48-year-old later admitted the large fortune did not convey her any happiness.
She instructed native media: “Cash has introduced me nothing however grief. It has destroyed my life.”
Tragically, in September final yr, Margaret, by now in her 50s, was discovered lifeless in her house.
Martyn and Kay Tott
The Totts obtained the shock of their lives after they realised they’d received £3million again in 2001 – six months after shopping for the ticket.
By the point they noticed an attraction for the winner to return ahead, they could not discover the ticket.
Laptop data of their native Londis proved Kay actually had bought the ticket.
However a little-known rule stipulating that misplaced tickets have to be reported inside 30 days meant they might by no means obtain the money – finally placing an excessive amount of pressure on their marriage and inflicting it to interrupt down.
