A married couple from western England has won a whopping nearly 185 million pounds ($230 million) in the Euro Millions draw on Thursday, a biggest lottery price by far.
Joe and Jess Thwaite, from Gloucester, claimed the record-breaking sum of 184,262,899 with a ticket of randomly selected numbers earlier this month.
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"It as amazing but also surreal," said Joe, 49, who works at a communications company, at press conference with his wife as they recounted the moment they discovered the winning combination on May 10.
“I looked at the amount. I put the phone down and I picked the phone up again and I looked at the amount again!” The early-riser somehow contained his excitement enough to let his wife keep sleeping until her alarm sounded — and then relayed the news.
“He was like, ‘I’ve got a secret to tell you’,” recalled Jess, 44. “I was like ‘don’t be stupid!,” she said, adding they initially thought it was a joke and “obviously wrong”.
The couple, like many other Britons, have been struggling through the country’s growing cost-of-living crisis and plan to share their newly-amassed fortune with friends and family.
“This is an amazing thing that’s happened to us, and this means it’s an amazing thing that’s happened to our family and we want to share that with them,” said Jess, who runs a hair salon with her mother and sister.
“Even though it’s wonderful and exciting, it’s also a massive relief for everybody that’s been struggling with all their bills.
“We’re like every normal family... so it’s just a huge relief.”
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