Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Quitting smoking was so good for my wealth
Vape-switch driver wins £1m
VAN driver John Mcfadden landed a £1million National Lottery scratchcard win thanks to quitting smoking.
John, 63, popped out to buy a vape after deciding it was time to ditch cigarettes.
With his change he bought a 50X Scratchcard, and is now laughing all the way to the bank.
He is now planning on buying a new home with a hot tub and is plotting some dream getaways to exotic destinations.
The grandad, from Southampton, said: “I knew I had to do something about my smoking. With change from the vape, I bought a scratchcard.
“When I started scratching it off, it said £50,000 under the first number and thought ‘whoopee!’
THE UK ticket holder who won £122,550,350.80 in Good Friday’s Euromillions draw is celebrating after claiming their prize on the weekend.
They matched 4, 21, 34, 40, 47, and
I carried on and kept seeing more and more £50,000s.”
The store told him the win was too big for them to handle. He added: “I called Camelot and was stunned when they said I had actually won £1million.” The divorced dad-of-three is now planning to move closer to his children and grandchildren, who live in Weymouth, Dorset.
He added: “Hopefully, the bar and hot tub I plan in my new back garden will also mean more fun family time.”
John, who has no plans to quit his job delivering meat across the UK, is counting down the days until his bucket-list trips to Bora Bora, in the South Pacific, Cambodia and Vietnam. He also plans to help family.
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