Cardiff Family Wins a £6.9m EuroMillions Fortune
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Issued on behalf of Camelot
Six members of a Cardiff family are celebrating becoming millionaires overnight after sharing a £6,989,367.40 EuroMillions fortune.
The lucky millionaires – Carl Prance (49), Lilian Grainger (71), Steven Prance (47), Jacquie Wood (53), Christine Mills (52) and Ceri Howe (43), matched five main numbers plus one Lucky Star to strike it lucky in last Friday’s draw (28 September).
Each member of the family syndicate has won £1,164,894.56 and three of them have already started planning exactly what they’re going to spend some of their winnings on – a luxury caravan each, complete with a TV in every room and their very own bar!
The family were all on holiday together at the Trecco Bay holiday caravan park in Porthcawl – helping to celebrate the 50th birthday of Carl’s wife, Gillian – when they found out they had become millionaires. Ceri had bought the ticket for the Prance Family Syndicate and they had it with them on Friday night when Ceri’s daughter rang through to read out the winning numbers.
“As each number came out correctly we all grew quieter and quieter,” said Cardiff-born Carl, who lives in Splott and has three children and two grandchildren. “But when we realised we had all the right numbers we went bananas. We checked them several times on Teletext on the caravan TV, filled up the fridge with some celebration drinks and stayed in the caravan for a party.
“It just doesn’t seem real – none of us can really believe this has happened. We’ve been playing the lottery since it started but we’ve never won more than a few pounds. It was only when we saw the cheque for £6.9 million that it suddenly began to dawn on me that we are actually now quite rich!”
The Prance Family Syndicate spent £6 on EuroMillions tickets for last Friday and they are now planning how to spend their winnings. Carl, Ceri and Lilian have already earmarked some of the money for a £64,000 residential caravan each at Trecco Bay – all sited in a line next to each other.
Carl added: “We’ve seen the caravans and they are beautiful, top-of-the-range homes with LCD televisions in every room, a washing machine, dishwasher and a bar. I’ve also got my eye on a new XJ6 Jaguar – I’ve always wanted one of those.
“I’ll also be paying off our mortgage and giving the house to my daughter and I’ll also pay off the mortgages for my two sons. As for work, you could say I’m pondering my future, but my wife Gillian will be giving up as a home carer for the council.”
Apart from Lilian, who is a retired home carer, the other syndicate members all work – Steven is a welder on the railways, Jacquie a telephonist, Christine works with the disabled and Ceri is a school cleaner.
The family’s winning ticket was bought from Paul Brothers shop in Habershon Street, Splott. The winning numbers were 22, 30, 34, 35, 44 and the Lucky Star numbers 4 and 5.
Tomorrow night’s (Wednesday 3 October) estimated Lotto jackpot is £2.5 million while Friday’s EuroMillions jackpot is an estimated £10 million. Every Lotto playslip now comes with its own Dream Number – it is up to players to mark ‘yes’ to give their Dream Number its chance of winning up to £500,000, or choose a Lucky Dip®.
