Carlisle trainee gas engineer who won £7.5m on lottery wants to keep working

James Clarkson, 20, hit the jackpot in first national lottery draw of 2025 but was back at work on Monday morningHis luck began on Christmas Day. After winning £120 in the Lotto Christmas Day Draw, 20-year-old James Clarkson decided to buy five lottery tickets for the first draw of 2025 – and won £7.5m.Clarkson, a trainee gas engineer from Carlisle, was staying over at his girlfriend’s house when he discovered he had hit the jackpot on 4 January. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/16/carlisle-trainee-gas-engineer-who-won-75m-on-lottery-wants-to-keep-working

Author : Donna Ferguson

Publish date : 2025-01-16 20:17:00

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