A British
couple have won £1million in the EuroMillions lottery for the second time in
two years - beating odds of more than 283 billion to one - and will at last
leave their static caravan.
After
their second huge win millionaires David Long and Kathleen MacKenzie from
Scunthorpe have finally decided to leave their small Lincolnshire bungalow and
will buy a mansion.
Last time
the couple decided against moving and bought a house for Mr Long's 81-year-old
mother Joan instead.
The
couple want a country pile close to the Lincolnshire town - but it must have a
games room and a bar.
They may
also splash out on a Mediterranean cruise with Mr Long admitting the latest
£1milllion payout means he's 'run out of excuses'.
Mr Long
today admitted he was 'shocked' he continued buying a ticket after their first
million-pound win because 'I just knew it would be my turn again some day'.
Mr Long
had passed his local newsagent before the Friday draw and thought 'I'll have a
go' and said today: 'I always knew I'd win, even the first time. I just had a
feeling it was going to be me'.
The
couple then checked the numbers on the morning afterwards and Mrs Long had
screamed: 'You said you'd do it again and you have!
Mr Long
said 'you never know' when asked about winning for a third time.
'They say
things come in threes, don't they?' he said. 'Third time lucky and all that.
'You
never know. You've just got to believe that one day you're going to do it.
We've done it. To believe we're going to do it again. It's happened. Could it
be a third time?'
His wife
said: 'He probably will.'
Last time the HGV driver and his now-wife won despite throwing their ticket in the bin in 2013.
Mr Long
then 'had the urge to fish it out' and was shocked to discover it was worth
£1million.
Mr Long
said today: 'I always knew I'd win, even the first time. I just had a feeling
it was going to be me. I tend to play when I know there are lots of prizes on
the go.
'Last
time I knew I had a good chance because there were 100 prizes of £1 million.
Last Friday night I was passing the local shop and saw there were 10 £1 million
prizes on EuroMillions and a nice car and thought yeah I'll give that a go.
'Got to
be worth a few lines and I got five using my usual numbers.
On
Saturday morning I sat down in front of our telly and started checking the
numbers. On one line I'd matched two numbers and one star to get £7.20 and
thought that's all right.
'Then I
checked the raffle codes- something I've learnt to do automatically since
winning last time. After a few moments I very calmly called Kath in and said
'Have a look at this. It's there. Look. Read that line'.'
Mr Long
said his wife checked the television and went online, adding: 'Then she went up
right close to our television on the wall, put on her glasses and stared really
hard at the raffle numbers. It seemed ages and then she finally said: 'You said
you'd do it again and you have!' Everything has been a blur ever since.
'It's
definitely taking longer to sink in this time!'
Bookies
told MailOnline today they could not find any bets on the planet that could
match the 283 billion to one odds of a double lottery win.
But said
an example of a million to one gamble would be for future king Prince George
winning Wimbledon while also captaining the England rugby and cricket teams.
A
Camelot spokesman said: 'This is an extraordinary situation where somebody's
been fortunate enough to win twice.
'As you
can imagine, we see winners who win once who are very, very shocked. It must be
even more shocking to win twice.'
Two years
ago, Mr Long, who was working as a HGV driver for a local transport business in
Scunthorpe, nearly missed out on the big win altogether.
He
thought he had won just £2.70 and with the ticket in the bin he nearly did not
bother to claim the winnings.
At the
last moment he decided to take the ticket out with him as he needed a
newspaper.
'I had to
fish the ticket out of the bin that time and found when I got to the shop that
it was worth a heck of a lot more.
'That win
was fantastic and couldn't have come at a better time. Times had been really
tough and I had been really ill for three years, unable to work leading up to
it.
'I lasted
three days at work and then took early retirement. We've had an amazing 18
months, have been able to treat the family, buy a new car and even finally get
hitched - after being engaged for 12 years.
'But I
always told everyone that I'm gonna do it again. I just knew it would be my
turn again some day. Now it has and we just can't believe it,' he said.
Mr Long
says he is not a fan of travelling abroad and hates the idea of flying, but he
feels it is time to book a cruise.
'Kath and
I had a fantastic wedding last year but we never took a honeymoon because I'm
just not keen on the idea of flying. Kath would love me to book a Mediterranean
cruise and I think I have just run out of excuses,' he joked.
At that
time, the couple had been together for 18 years and engaged for 12 years.
Mr Long
had been a lorry driver at C & C Transport in Scunthorpe for 23 years and
went to work on the Monday morning as normal following the win, Camelot said.
He
planned to treat himself to a season ticket for Liverpool FC, a cruise, maybe a
luxury camper van, and a new car.
Camelot
say they will name the double winner this afternoon.
Meanwhile,
a UK ticketholder won last night's £53 million EuroMillions jackpot but has yet
to claim the prize.




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