BRICKIE Gareth Bull is wall to wall in cash after scooping a massive £40million EuroMillions jackpot.
Gareth, 40, landed the seventh biggest UK lottery win ever after buying a single £2 lucky dip.
The footie fan from Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts, plans to buy an executive box at Old Trafford to watch his beloved Manchester United.
Gareth, who lives with wife Catherine and their two kids, said: “It feels like I’m in cuckoo land.”
Builder Gareth scooped the jackpot — thanks to a drop of rain.
The self-employed brickie was unable to work because it was too wet.
To kill time last Friday he drove to a supermarket and on impulse bought a lottery lucky dip ticket.
Next day Gareth was staggered to discover he was the only person to have all the five main numbers 2, 10, 22, 27 and 28, plus the lucky star numbers 6 and 8.
The prize was a staggering £40,627,241 — but it took a while to grasp how mega-rich he was.
His wife Catherine, 35, told how he walked into the room to break the news and was “shaking”.
She said: “Gareth’s face was white. The ticket was shaking in his hand. We said, ‘Surely it’s not £40million?’ My head was in bits and I thought we had won £4,000.
“Then I thought it was £40,000 — but the zeros and commas were in the wrong place and we couldn’t work it out. Then we thought it was £4million. It didn’t seem real.”
Incredibly, the couple decided not to tell anyone immediately and carried on with the weekend as they had intended.
They took sons Declan, nine, and Joel, ten, to their Saturday morning football, went to the cinema and held a sleepover for the lads and their pals.
They now plan to splash out on an executive box at Old Trafford, a Range Rover Sport and a family trip to Disney World in Florida.
The only other treat in store is a new landing carpet to replace the worn one.
Gareth, who bought his ticket at a shop in Aspley, Nottingham, said: “We have no plans to move.
“The neighbours are bang on. We have our dream home, which we built from scratch.
“Ideally I would like to go back to work. I would go out of my mind sat at home.”
Catherine said: “I hate shopping. But I’d like to get my hair done more than twice a year. Our ambition is just to be happy.”
Gareth added: “Thank God for the rain. I only bought the ticket while waiting for it to stop.”
He landed the seventh biggest UK Lottery win ever and is as rich as stars Kylie Minogue, Mick Hucknall and Pete Townshend.
# DID you win last night’s £12million EuroMillions jackpot with 1, 2, 6, 20 and 36. Lucky Stars were 8 and 11.
Gareth, 40, landed the seventh biggest UK lottery win ever after buying a single £2 lucky dip.
The footie fan from Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts, plans to buy an executive box at Old Trafford to watch his beloved Manchester United.
Gareth, who lives with wife Catherine and their two kids, said: “It feels like I’m in cuckoo land.”
Builder Gareth scooped the jackpot — thanks to a drop of rain.
The self-employed brickie was unable to work because it was too wet.
To kill time last Friday he drove to a supermarket and on impulse bought a lottery lucky dip ticket.
Next day Gareth was staggered to discover he was the only person to have all the five main numbers 2, 10, 22, 27 and 28, plus the lucky star numbers 6 and 8.
The prize was a staggering £40,627,241 — but it took a while to grasp how mega-rich he was.
She said: “Gareth’s face was white. The ticket was shaking in his hand. We said, ‘Surely it’s not £40million?’ My head was in bits and I thought we had won £4,000.
“Then I thought it was £40,000 — but the zeros and commas were in the wrong place and we couldn’t work it out. Then we thought it was £4million. It didn’t seem real.”
Incredibly, the couple decided not to tell anyone immediately and carried on with the weekend as they had intended.
They took sons Declan, nine, and Joel, ten, to their Saturday morning football, went to the cinema and held a sleepover for the lads and their pals.
They now plan to splash out on an executive box at Old Trafford, a Range Rover Sport and a family trip to Disney World in Florida.
The only other treat in store is a new landing carpet to replace the worn one.
Gareth, who bought his ticket at a shop in Aspley, Nottingham, said: “We have no plans to move.
“The neighbours are bang on. We have our dream home, which we built from scratch.
“Ideally I would like to go back to work. I would go out of my mind sat at home.”
Catherine said: “I hate shopping. But I’d like to get my hair done more than twice a year. Our ambition is just to be happy.”
Gareth added: “Thank God for the rain. I only bought the ticket while waiting for it to stop.”
He landed the seventh biggest UK Lottery win ever and is as rich as stars Kylie Minogue, Mick Hucknall and Pete Townshend.
# DID you win last night’s £12million EuroMillions jackpot with 1, 2, 6, 20 and 36. Lucky Stars were 8 and 11.
