Thistle do nicely, says £161m lottery winner off to Barcelona
A RETIRED couple from Largs are “tickled pink” to have become Europe’s biggest ever lottery winners with a jackpot of more than £161 million.
Colin and Chris Weir uncorked the champagne yesterday after they realised that they had won the record-breaking payout as they went to bed at around midnight on Tuesday.
The couple – who live in a three-bedroom detached house in the Ayrshire seaside town – yesterday claimed that they checked their ticket four or five times each before finally accepting that they had won.
Teetotal Mrs Weir, 55, a former NHS psychiatric nurse, said that they were so shocked that they opened a bottle of wine to calm their nerves.
The pair, who have a daughter aged 24 and a son aged 22, now plan to buy homes for their children and then go on a luxury holiday with their winnings.
Mr Weir, 64, also plans to buy a sponsor’s box for his favourite football team, Barcelona.
On discovering their win, the couple revealed that they had an agonising wait until the next morning to call Camelot to claim their prize.
Mrs Weir said: “We had bought five lucky dips as the jackpot was now so big. I started circling the numbers I had matched but wasn’t doing very well.
“Then on the fifth line, all the circles seemed to join up. I had all of them but couldn’t believe what I was seeing. I checked it about four times before going downstairs to find Colin.
“I said to him ‘I need you to check something for me’. He knew immediately by my face and tone that something was up. After checking many times together, the news gradually hit us. The Camelot line was closed for the night but we couldn’t sleep. We were just so buzzed and full of adrenalin.
“We just sat there and spoke to each other about how absolutely amazing this was, we were tickled pink, we just couldn’t believe it.”
The couple, who both walk with the aid of sticks, took part in a press conference at a Falkirk hotel. Every 30 minutes they pocket £188 in interest and will earn around £3.3m a year from their savings.
They are almost as rich as the Beckhams in the Sunday Times Rich List.
When asked how he felt about that, Mr Weir, 64, a former cameraman for STV, replied: “We’ll need to start trying for another kid.” Mrs Weir added: “It’s too late for that.
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