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The Lottery has raised and crushed dreams for years, with million-pound winners often burning through it all only to return to their former lives.
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The Lottery has raised and crushed dreams for years, with million-pound winners often burning through it all only to return to their former lives.
Colin Weir died, aged 71, in December 2019, and in just eight years the father-of-two impressively managed to get through half of his £80million share.
One of the biggest ever EuroMillions lottery winners was spending prize money at a rate of £100,000 (€110,000) a week, documents have revealed.
Colin Weir, who along with his wife was the record-breaking European lottery winner for almost a decade, spent around $131,000 a week across the final eight years of his life.
A claim has been staked for the £171million jackpot won by a single UK ticket-holder in Friday's EuroMillions draw, Camelot said.