Couple’s ‘time to dream’ after £184m win
A MARRIED couple have been revealed as the winners of Britain’s biggest Euromillions lottery jackpot of £184 million.
Joe and Jess Thwaite, from Gloucester, scooped a recordbreaking £184,262,899 with a Lucky Dip ticket in the draw last Tuesday, May 10.
Joe, 49, a communications sales engineer, and Jess, 44, who runs a hairdressing salon with her sister, have been married for 11 years and have two primary school-aged children.
Mrs Thwaite said: “The win gives us time to dream, which we haven’t had before. We’ve had one week to think about this and we now have time to share lots of experiences and go on adventures with our family and friends.
“Our two children have always talked about going to Hawaii, I’ve no idea why, but we can now make that dream come true.”
The record was previously held by an anonymous ticketholder who banked £170 million in October 2019.
Mr Thwaite said he was working on Tuesday and by 4pm he thought he “better buy a ticket” because he was aware of the jackpot.
Asked if there is one thing they have always dreamed of buying, Mrs Thwaite said: “We’re not really those materialistic people. If you saw our house, you would know.”