Unemployed truck driver makes serious mistakes on lottery ticket – and becomes a millionaire. Les Scadding from Caerleon in Wales won over £45 million in the lottery.
The then 58-year-old won half of the Eurojackpot, more precisely 45,570,835.50 pounds (just under 51 million euros) The other half was cleared by a syndicate from Liverpool. Scadding fulfilled yet another dream: he became the main shareholder of Newport County Football Club after investing some of his money.