Jon has played Lotto every day since it began (Picture: Tommy Reynolds)
What’s the first thing you do after wining the lottery? Have 10 cups of tea,I guess.
That was the answer of Jon Waring,57,and his partner Lucy,48,when they woke up to discover he’d won the £3.9 million Lotto Jackpot from May 31.
The pair have now decided to quit both their jobs too and have put a Harley-Davidson at the top of their wish list.
Rock fan Jon played Lotto each week since the game started before waking up at 4am on June 1 to check his ticket.
His Lotto numbers were 8,11,12,16,20 and 33 and he matched all six to claim the multi-million pound jackpot.
Jon wants a Harley-Davidson while Lucy wants a hot tub (Picture: Tommy Reynolds)He said: ‘Something just made me go to check my emails and I saw an email saying I had won a prize.‘I went to Google the winning numbers and I knew they were mine.‘I turned my tablet off – left it five minutes – and then turned it back on to double and triple check!‘I woke Lucy and she said,still half asleep,“is it 1 April?” I said “No,it is June!”‘We just could not believe it – there was no way we were getting back to sleep! We just sat and drank tea – we must have had 10 cups between us.’The pair,who also have a 15-year-old daughter,are still in disbelief but have been very clear-headed about what they wanted to do next.Jon has already handed in his notice at Devon and Cornwall Police,where he has worked as a radio operator for 16 years.
The pair will also go on holiday and buy a new car (Picture: Tommy Reynolds)Wife Lucy,is working her notice as a nurse at Torbay Hospital.Now its time for to kick back and relax for the couple who don’t even have current passports.Jon explained: ‘As a result of our shift work,we have not had a proper holiday together for a long,long time.What are your chances of winning the lottery?
According to the National Lottery website,the odds of winning the jackpots are:
Thunderball top prize: 1 in 8,060,598
Lotto jackpot: 1 in 45,057,474
EuroMillions jackpot: 1 in 139,838,160
Set For Life top prize: 1 in 15,339,390
Before you go rushing out to buy a Thunderball ticket or two (or three),here,it’s important to put the odds into perspective.
There are many things more likely to happen than winning the lottery.
According to Save The Student,you are almost five times more likely to be struck by lightning,64 times more likely to be crushed by a meteorite,and 4,000 times more likely to win an Oscar.
‘We are now really looking forward to booking something and knowing we can just holiday when we choose! Perhaps a trip to New Orleans for the music.
‘It’s all the things you dream about trying and seeing but know you never will – until something like this happens!’
The biker dad wants to buy a Harley-Davidson trike bike first thing,while mum Lucy has a hot tub in her sights.
They also want to upscale their family house,finding one big enough to hold a music room with a guitar display.
Jon and Lucy won £3.9 million,but a lucky person from Ireland scooped £208 million in the EuroMillions(Picture: Tommy Reynolds)
Their new crib will also need a driveway big enough to hold the new car Jon wants to buy – an Audi Q7.
He added,‘It’s a complete change of lifestyle – it won’t change us,but it will change what we can do! And the pace at which we do it too.’
The Warings are one of more than 7,400 people who have won millions through The National Lottery since its launch in 1994.
Their win came just weeks before one lucky person from Ireland scooped a £208 million EuroMillions jackpot.
The six biggest Euro Millions winners ever
€250 million (£209,087,500),March 28,2025,anonymous winner,Austria
€250 million (£208,000,000),June 17,Ireland
€240 million (£200,733,952),December 8,2023,Austria
€230 million (£192,376,378),July 19,2022,UK
€220 million (£184,022,527),October 15,2021,Haiti (French Polynesia)
€215 million (£179,830,489),May 10,Jess and Joe Thwaite,UK
The person’s identity isn’t known yet,but the Irish National Lottery confirmed that one person has won the huge jackpot,equivalent to 250million Euros.
While many love the thrill of their fortunes changing overnight,Metro has revealed how there are countless examples of winners whose lives took a turn for the worse after scooping a large sum of money.
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