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| A married couple from south Wales who won £45.5m on the Euromillions lottery have spoken of how it was "a very funny couple of minutes" before it sank in. | A married couple from south Wales who won £45.5m on the Euromillions lottery have spoken of how it was "a very funny couple of minutes" before it sank in. |
| Les Scadding, 53, an unemployed mechanic, and wife Samantha Peachey-Scadding, 38, from Caerleon, said they had to double check their ticket. | Les Scadding, 53, an unemployed mechanic, and wife Samantha Peachey-Scadding, 38, from Caerleon, said they had to double check their ticket. |
| Two UK tickets took a £45,570,835.50 share of the £91m Euromillions jackpot. | Two UK tickets took a £45,570,835.50 share of the £91m Euromillions jackpot. |
| The other ticket is held by a syndicate of IT workers who are employed by Hewlett Packard in Liverpool. | The other ticket is held by a syndicate of IT workers who are employed by Hewlett Packard in Liverpool. |
| Mr Scadding discovered they had won the jackpot after going to a Tesco supermarket in Newport, South Wales, on Saturday evening. | |
| He told a news conference: "When I asked the people behind the counter to check the numbers the machine just printed out a pink slip telling me to contact Camelot. | |
| "I thought I might have won around £50,000 and I rushed home to tell Samantha." | "I thought I might have won around £50,000 and I rushed home to tell Samantha." |
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| After double-checking online, he said: "It was a very funny couple of minutes. We just looked at each other while it sunk in before we got on the phone to Camelot." | After double-checking online, he said: "It was a very funny couple of minutes. We just looked at each other while it sunk in before we got on the phone to Camelot." |
| They celebrated over Sunday lunch with Mrs Peachey-Scadding's mother in their favourite restaurant, the Priory in Caerleon. | |
| Mr Scadding said: "We always go to the Priory, as I know the owner really well, so we wouldn't have gone anywhere different. | |
| "We ordered a couple of bottles of champagne and just had a quiet chat about it all, and tried to let it all sink in." | |
| Dot Renshaw, Camelot: 'Most winners want to pay off their mortgage' | |
| Mr Scadding, who has three grown-up children from his first marriage, is currently out of work, and had been looking for temporary driving contracts. | |
| His wife runs her own marketing business from home. | |
| She said: "There is quite a lot of pressure involved in running your own business, and I've been working 12-hour days recently. This win means I can take my foot off the pedal and relax a bit." | |
| Mr Scadding said his first purchase would probably be to replace his Citroen C5 with a Range Rover Sport. | |
| They plan to move to a bigger house, but say they will probably stay in South Wales, although they may also buy a holiday home. They also intend to splash out on holidays in Barbados. | |
| Until now, the biggest single win was by Angela Kelly, from South Lanarkshire, who won more than £35m (39m euros) in August 2007. | Until now, the biggest single win was by Angela Kelly, from South Lanarkshire, who won more than £35m (39m euros) in August 2007. |
| The winning numbers on Friday were 19, 43, 45, 34, 11 and the Lucky Star numbers were 5 and 9. | The winning numbers on Friday were 19, 43, 45, 34, 11 and the Lucky Star numbers were 5 and 9. |
| Nine European countries participate in the EuroMillions lottery - Britain, the Irish Republic, France, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and Luxembourg. | Nine European countries participate in the EuroMillions lottery - Britain, the Irish Republic, France, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and Luxembourg. |
| In May, a ticket bought in Spain broke the European lottery's record by netting a 126m euros (£110m) jackpot. | In May, a ticket bought in Spain broke the European lottery's record by netting a 126m euros (£110m) jackpot. |
| Have you won the lottery? How did the win change your life? Tell us your experiences using the form below. | Have you won the lottery? How did the win change your life? Tell us your experiences using the form below. |
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