Grandpa scoops £25m prize

Published: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:26:38

A grandfather from Bolton has netted close to £25 million in the EuroMillions lottery. Septuagenarian Brian Caswell was celebrating on Friday night (June 12th) after matching five numbers and two lucky star numbers in the lottery draw. The huge cash prize makes the grandpa and his wife Joan the third biggest lottery winners ever in Britain.

Mr Caswell, who popped down to his beloved allotment for a spot of gardening the day after his win, is not going to let the money go to his head. In fact, he has said that some of the money will be used to hire a professional gardener to help him with his vegetables. He told the BBC: "What I'm going to do now is bring a professional in and say, 'right, sort that out'."

The EuroMillions lottery is a weekly draw that includes participants from nine European countries. If the jackpot isn't won then it is rolled over to the following week and can reach a total of €50 million.

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