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Single mother's £8.5m lotto win | Single mother's £8.5m lotto win |
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A single mother-of-three says she had never tasted champagne before winning more than £8m on the National Lottery. | A single mother-of-three says she had never tasted champagne before winning more than £8m on the National Lottery. |
Jennifer Southall, from Newport, only discovered she had won the jackpot six days after the Easter Saturday draw, when she checked the ticket at Tesco. | Jennifer Southall, from Newport, only discovered she had won the jackpot six days after the Easter Saturday draw, when she checked the ticket at Tesco. |
The 43-year-old cinema supervisor said: "The shop assistant looked at me and said: 'I think you've won rather a lot of money.'" | The 43-year-old cinema supervisor said: "The shop assistant looked at me and said: 'I think you've won rather a lot of money.'" |
Ms Southall earned £5.85 an hour before winning the £8,372,751. | Ms Southall earned £5.85 an hour before winning the £8,372,751. |
She has already handed in her notice at Cineworld in Newport and gone on a shopping spree with her mother and sister. | She has already handed in her notice at Cineworld in Newport and gone on a shopping spree with her mother and sister. |
"We thought we'd go mad and go shopping together in Newport," she said. | "We thought we'd go mad and go shopping together in Newport," she said. |
"I've never gone through so much money before in a single day. | "I've never gone through so much money before in a single day. |
"I spent about £1,500 on clothes, phones, a new handbag and a posh pair of trainers. We had great fun." | "I spent about £1,500 on clothes, phones, a new handbag and a posh pair of trainers. We had great fun." |
She plans a room in a big house away from her sons' "blaring" music | She plans a room in a big house away from her sons' "blaring" music |
Ms Southall said her lucky dip ticket, with the numbers 23, 24, 30, 31, 33 and 37, was inside her bra for safe-keeping when she was told she had hit the jackpot by a shop assistant at Tesco. | Ms Southall said her lucky dip ticket, with the numbers 23, 24, 30, 31, 33 and 37, was inside her bra for safe-keeping when she was told she had hit the jackpot by a shop assistant at Tesco. |
"When she printed off the slip showing exactly what I'd won I started dancing from one foot to the other. | "When she printed off the slip showing exactly what I'd won I started dancing from one foot to the other. |
"A queue of people had built up behind me and they must have thought I was some sort of demented fool. | "A queue of people had built up behind me and they must have thought I was some sort of demented fool. |
She now intends to spend her money on learning to drive, buying a new car and going abroad for the first time on holiday - she hasn't yet got a passport. | |
Ms Southall will also move out of her rented council house on the city's Ringland estate. | |
She added: "I've always wanted to live in a big house with a swimming pool and a bedroom for me that's far enough away from the kids that I won't be able to hear their music blaring any more. | |
"In fact, even though I still feel sick and in shock at having won so much money, believe me I'm going to enjoy spending it." | "In fact, even though I still feel sick and in shock at having won so much money, believe me I'm going to enjoy spending it." |
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