BRITAIN'S newest National Lottery millionaires said yesterday they
would be toasting their overnight wealth with cans of lager, not glasses
of champagne.
Unemployed Ms Audrey Jenkins and Mr Andy Voss are determined that
their #3.9m win will not turn them into ''snotty-nosed snobs''.
Ms Jenkins, 28, and Mr Voss, 29, live in a two-bedroomed council house
in Hartlepool, Cleveland, and until Saturday were managing on about #90
a week.
They are the biggest lottery winners to expose themselves to the
limelight -- and the first to agree to publicity since the identity of a
man who won almost #18m was controversially revealed by some newspapers.
Mr Voss, who said he had not had a proper job since he left school 13
years ago, said they hoped to buy a four-bedroomed house in the same
area of Hartlepool, a car, and would take their children -- Carl, nine,
and Claire, five -- to Disney World in Florida.
''We don't want anything big. We don't want to be moving up with the
snobs,'' he said.
He added: ''We will still be drinking lager.''
The lottery organiser, Camelot, is predicting another #8m jackpot this
weekend.
* National Lottery scratchcards were back on sale last night after
technicians sorted the computer software problem that scuppered the
launch on Tuesday.
Tickets were withdrawn hours after sales began on Tuesday when
retailers across the country experienced problems.
* Pools punter Mr Tony Jones yesterday scooped more than #1m -- and
put his good fortune down to a lucky charm. The 41-year-old
father-of-two, of Tredegar, South Wales, bought a carved wood talisman
in Jamaica while on holiday with his wife, Lynn, last year.
Mr Jones picked up a Littlewoods cheque for #1,022,780 after using a
successful 8 from 10 full perm costing just 60p.
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