Joe and Jess Thwaite won a huge £184 million jackpot last month, making them the second biggest lottery winners of all time.
An anonymous ticket holder held the previous record of depositing £170m in the bank in October 2019.
UK lottery winners have the choice of revealing their identity or continuing to bother.
Only three of the ten winners selected from the UK National Lottery’s extensive list have previously chosen to reveal themselves.
May 2022: Joe and Jess Thwaite
Jackpot: £184 million
Mr. and Mrs. Thwaite celebrate by popping a bottle of champagne after revealing themselves as grand prize winners this morning
Joe and Jess Thwaite, a couple in their 40s from suburban Gloucester, won the £184,262,899 jackpot on 10th May with their Lucky Dip ticket.
The lucky couple, who have been married for 11 years, said they wanted to go public at a Cheltenham hotel because they didn’t want to burden others with the “burden” of keeping a secret.
Joe is a communications sales engineer and Jess is a beauty salon owner in the wealthy riverside town of Tewkesbury with her mother Caroline and sister Rebecca.
They have eight-year-old twin daughters, and Thwaite has two children from a previous marriage who are currently attending college.
The couple said they will share the victory with their extended family, and Thwaite’s ex-wife said she was “over the moon” for them.
Until recently, the couple lived in a smart four-bedroom home, and while their priority was “DIY” work on the property, their two children “were always talking about going to Hawaii.” acknowledged.
January 2019: Patrick and Frances Connolly
Jackpot: £115 million
EuroMillions lottery winners Frances Connolly and Patrick Connolly pose during a photocall at the Culloden Hotel near Belfast on January 4, 2019.
Former social worker and teacher Francis Connolly and her husband Patrick won around £115m on New Year’s Day 2019.
She has already donated £60m to charity and says she is passionate about helping others, sharing the prize with friends and family.
Mrs Connolly, 55, from Northern Ireland, has already exhausted the charity budget she agreed with her husband, Paddy, this year.
She said helping others, whether with money or volunteering her time, has lifted people’s spirits during the lockdown.
Lottery winners have founded two charities. One is named after her late mother Kathleen Graham in her native Northern Ireland and the other is her PFC Trust in Hartlepool where the couple has lived for her 30 years.
The couple, who have three daughters, Katrina and twins Fiona and Natalie, are not wealthy, and Mrs. Connolly has no desire to buy a yacht.
Their biggest expenditure after the win was a six-bedroom house in County Durham on seven acres, Mr Connolly driving a used Aston Martin, while Mrs Connolly spent £13,000 on a console table. I laughed at the idea of spending
When she saw a TV show about someone in Monaco spending £25,000 on a bottle of champagne, she immediately figured she could put the young one on the property ladder.
August 2012: Adrian and Gillian Bayford
Jackpot: £148 million
Adrian Bayford and then-wife Gillian from Harbor Hill, Suffolk, August 2021.
In August 2012, the Bayfords won €190 million in the EuroMillions draw.
The couple used their winnings to purchase a Grade II listed property in Cambridgeshire with a cinema and billiards room.
However, their marriage ended within a year and Gillian returned to Scotland with half of the winnings to start a real estate company.
She later remarried and had a third child with her second husband.
Bayford remained in the Grade 2 listed property, but after a string of failed relationships, he put it up for sale and moved north to be closer to his children.
July 2011: Colin and Chris Weir
Jackpot: £161.6m
Later divorced Chris and Colin Weir celebrated after winning the £161.6 million jackpot in July 2011.
Colin and Chris Weir from North Ayrshire won the £161.6 million jackpot in July 2011. This is a lottery record at the time.
Unfortunately, Weir passed away in 2019 at the age of 71, eight years after winning the jackpot.
The 62-year-old Weirs were granted a divorce this summer after 38 years of marriage. It is understood that they had lived apart for almost a year before his death.
They had two children, Carly and Jamie.
Mr. Weir was known for his support of SNP and his love for Partick Thistle Football Club.
He secured a majority stake in the Glasgow club in a seven-figure deal, promising to give the fan group a 55% stake.
Mr. Weir also helped Jaggs establish the Thistle Weir Youth Academy and part of the club’s Firhill Stadium was named the Colin Weir Stand in his honor.
The former STV photographer also made donations to the community football club in his hometown of Largs after establishing the Weir Charitable Trust with his wife in 2013.
Both were forced to give up their jobs early and overcame years of poor health before becoming the 22nd richest people in Scotland after winning £161,653,000. We were taking care of each other.
Overnight, they were on the Sunday Times Rich List ahead of The Beatles’ Ringo Starr and singer Sir Tom Jones, but decided to avoid a lavish lifestyle and go on vacation to Brighton. .
One of Weir’s first purchases following his incredible jackpot win was a checked sports jacket similar to the one worn by Scottish legend Arthur Montford.
The couple ended up buying many homes for their son Jamie, who worked in a call center, and daughter Carly, who studied photography. .
Shortly after a life-changing stroke of luck, they moved from their three-bedroom home to Knock House. Knock House is a mansion on 23 acres of gardens and woods on the hills overlooking Largs, complete with cinema, swimming pool and stables.
They bought it for £850,000 before selling it to an overseas trust for £1.4m in 2016.
They also traded the humble Suzuki for £160,000 cars for married couples, family and friends.
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