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Joan and Brian ecstatic over lottery win

Retired Bolton couple celebrate a staggering £24.9m EuroMillions win

Lucky couple Brian and Joan Caswell are now in third position in The National Lottery Rich List after winning a staggering £24,951,269.40. They banked half of the top prize in the EuroMillions draw on Friday June 12th, 2009. "It's a legacy for the children, I can't comprehend the figure, it is something I would never have imagined."

Brian and Joan have quietly celebrated with close family across the weekend after learning of the win on Saturday morning. Brian went to his local shop as he does every Saturday to settle his paper bill and check his numbers. He recalled, "I had won £10 the week before so walked in all confident and said to the lad, I'm on a roll - here's another winner. When he scanned the ticket his mouth dropped open and he went a little ashen. He called for his boss to verify the numbers and told me to contact Camelot.¨

Mr Caswell described his moment of discovery at his local newsagent, where his victory salute was captured on CCTV. “I’d gone to the local paper shop. They told me it was a winning ticket, but because I hadn’t taken my glasses I couldn’t see my winning numbers. It was at that moment I thought: ‘I should have gone to Specsavers.’ I didn’t realise the implications.”

The couple said that they would not move far from their modest home in Bolton, but they had thought about buying some stables where the extended family could live together. Mr Caswell suggested that he would also buy a flash car and travel to exotic locations including South America.

Mr Caswell said that he would not have selected his winning numbers (6, 14, 16, 34 and 50, with lucky stars 6 and 4) had it not been for his late mother-in-law, who was affectionately known as Florrie.

“I always used to take my mother-in-law, Florrie, shopping on Friday to Morrisons. She always used to buy tickets for herself and her grandchildren... but not me! Unfortunately we lost her last year. She was 96. A great, great, great woman. “I kept on buying those tickets ever since because of her. It’s her legacy.”

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