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Woman wins millions in the lottery and still works in the supermarket

2021-03-17T09:16:39.788Z


A British woman won millions in the lottery and still worked night shifts in the supermarket afterwards. She gave a surprising reason for this.


A British woman won millions in the lottery and still worked night shifts in the supermarket afterwards.

She gave a surprising reason for this.

  • In the 1990s, a British woman won over £ 2 million in the lottery.

  • Nevertheless, she worked in a supermarket afterwards.

  • She gave a surprising reason for this.

What would you do if you won over two million euros in the

lottery

?

For most, the answer is obvious: invest your money well, quit work and retire. 

Undoubtedly, this should also be the path many previous lottery winners have taken.

For the mid-sixties Elaine T. from Newcastle in Great Britain, however, this was not an option. Despite her million profit, she continued to open supermarket shelves afterwards.

Million prizes in the lottery: the British woman gave away parts of her fortune

Elaine T. was incredibly lucky to get

£ 2.7 million

(about

2.9 million euros

) in 1995.

At that time, the mother of two was working as a payroll clerk.

While others would have used this chance to live in luxury with the money *, Elaine stayed true to her everyday life. 

For seven years she had been working in the supermarket where she spent the first part of her profits: there she bought several different colored cotton sweaters.

She also gave

a million of her fortune

to her brother, while her children were allowed to use part of the money to get into the real estate industry.

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Lotto winner wants to be a role model for her children

The “Mirror” reported on the story of the lottery winner a year ago: In her mid-60s, Elaine still has both feet on the job.

She is supposed to work 25 hours a week in a supermarket and put shelves there.

For this, it is

usually already at 2 am awake

.

But why the effort?

She revealed her reasons to Mirror;

In the post she had the following to say at the time: "I have a job because I can't stay in the house,

that would drive me crazy

. I love it. We fill the entire floor, do the reductions. I have a lot of great friends here and I also meet the customers. The people at work are great. "

She also stated that she

wants to be a good role model for her children

and

that she

wants to

prove that hard work pays off.

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: the couple wins 123 million euros in the lottery - but denies the son a heartfelt wish.

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Source: merkur

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