A
couple from the Scottish Borders won half of the historic £66million lottery jackpot while tucking
into a bacon and black pudding roll. David
and Carol Martin, a husband and wife from Hawick, have been named as
winners of £33million, half of the UK's biggest-ever Lotto jackpot. Mr
Martin said the couple were 'shocked' and described the experience as
'surreal' when they found out.
They celebrated their windfall with lots
of cups of tea, he added, before revealing the first thing he wanted to
do was 'buy myself a nice pair of £200 brogues'.
The
Martins' winning ticket, which was bought from Morrisons, sat on their
mantelpiece overnight Saturday and the couple did not check it until the
following morning when prompted by friends.
They
said at a press conference this morning that one of their first
purchases will be a first-class ticket home for their 26-year-old
daughter Lisa, who is working for a recruitment company in Australia.
Mrs
Martin, who works at Boots, revealed that their daughter was the first
person they contacted when they found out about the win.
She
said: 'We phoned her when she was driving to work, because she has a
hands-free, and asked her to pull over. But I think she was really
worried that somebody had died!
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