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Man celebrates $131 million lotto win with pizza and wings


The winner of a £71 million (about AU$131 million) EuroMillions jackpot has revealed he celebrated with takeaway pizza and chicken wings.

Factory worker Ade Goodchild, 58, was revealed as the winner of the life-changing sum on Wednesday (local time).

Mr Goodchild, from Hereford in the UK, did not realise he had won the jackpot at first when he scanned his ticket on the National Lottery App.

He said he had an urge to check his ticket on Saturday, instead of waiting for Monday as usual.

Ade Goodchild won the $131 million EuroMillions jackpot. He celebrated with takeaway pizza and chicken wings. Source: AAP
Ade Goodchild won the $131 million EuroMillions jackpot. He celebrated with takeaway pizza and chicken wings. Source: AAP

“I’m not one of these winners who is going to say this win won’t change me,” Mr Goodchild said.

“It bloody well will, or at least I’ll give it a damn good go. There’ll be no more shift work for me.

“I want to travel, find myself a lovely new home, go to top sporting events and try many other things besides.”

Describing the winning moment, Mr Goodchild said he celebrated his win by watching the Wales vs Ireland rugby match on television with his parents while sharing a takeaway pizza and spicy chicken wings, all washed down with Italian beer.

“It gave me the winning ‘ping’ sound and I thought I might have won a fiver or something,” he said.

At first. Mr Goodchild thought he had won AU$131,000. Source: AAP
At first. Mr Goodchild thought he had won AU$131,000. Source: AAP

“But when I checked I thought hang on, it looks like I’ve won £71,000 (about AU$131,000).

“I put my glasses on to double check and then spotted that it was the jackpot prize and that all my numbers were circled.

“I thought, ‘Wow, a lot of people have shared the jackpot this week but fair play’.

“Then I read the prize amount again and realised that it was actually £71 million (about AU$131 million) and just one winner – me.

“It was then that I called my mum and dad. Their reaction was one of complete shock – I still don’t think it’s sunk in for them.”