By Gabriel Princewill-
A lottery winning couple that run a residential care home for the elderly are celebrating an incredible lottery win.
David Price from New Tredegar Wales has joined the Millionaire club and is basking in the joy of his new found wealth.
David, 53 has vowed to use part of his windfall towards a £3,000 dream trip to Mount Everest Base Camp next year. David who matched the EuroMillions Millionaire Maker code on Tuesday, 29 October won a whopping £1,000,000. Incredibly, David’s sister Judith, was one member of a lucky syndicate from Cardiff’s Freeman’s Cigar factory that scooped nearly £3,000 each back in the nineties, in the early days of The National Lottery, which this month celebrates 25 years of making millionaires.
David said: “It is pretty amazing to have two winners within one family.”
David and wife Lynne, 55, are also planning a trip to China – a longstanding pipedream for Lynne – while members of New Tredegar RFC also benefitted from David’s win, when he donated £500 he had won for drawing South Africa in this recent Rugby World Cup back to the club. Club members, staff and helpers were treated to a drink or two, courtesy of David and Lynne.
Happy Couple pop Champagne Image: Camelot
INCREDIBLE
David’S story is incredible. He was working at British Airways, Pontllanfraith, when a colleague reminded him to try his luck on the local football club’s £5,000 prize fund, which is circulated at work. It reminded David of two Lucky Dip EuroMillions tickets in his wallet, which he then checked on the app on his phone. “Quite simply, I was gobsmacked,” he says.
David had an hour left of his 11-hour shift until his 5pm finish, but did the rounds asking various friends and colleagues to double check his Millionaire Maker code for him. “I didn’t get much done in that last hour but stayed on, even when my manager told me at quarter to, to go home if I wanted to,” he laughs. “I was just shaking. Nobody could believe it.
“I was in a daze, but drove back home to Lynne, who was on the sofa after a hard day, and greeted her with our usual ‘Alright mush?’”
WIND UP
Lynne thought he was winding her up that he had won, until she checked with her own eyes and saw he had won £8 on one ticket and then the life changing amount of £1 million with the Millionaire Maker number on the other.
They celebrated with their three children, who are 24, 26 and 32, and their families at the pub where his son is chef. Both returned to work just days later and are planning on taking their time to consider their options.
David bought his winning ticket at Bal’s best-one Convenience Store, New Tredegar. This November marks 25 years since the launch of The National Lottery. Following the first draw on 19 November 1994, The National Lottery has created more than 5,500 millionaires and paid out more than £71 Billion in prizes. It’s not just the lives of individuals that have changed, a massive £40 billion has been raised helping support thousands of projects and charities, transforming communities across the UK.