Gaming Success Stories
The winners of a record £161 million EuroMillions jackpot, Colin and Chris Weir, have splashed out on four homes for their friends and made a £750k donation to their local football club.
The three and four-bedroom homes are not far from the couple’s previous house in Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland, according to the Daily Record.
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by Lana Galea June 6, 2012
Tags: Chris Weir, Colin Weir, EuroMillions, jackpot, Largs, Largs Thistle, lottery, lottery winners
Gaming Success Stories
The winners of a record £161 million EuroMillions jackpot, Colin and Chris Weir, have splashed out on a fleet of cars for their friends.
One friend was treated to a £80,000 Mercedes after being told by the winners to choose any car he wanted, the Daily Record reported.
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by Lana Galea November 21, 2011
Tags: Bugatti Veyron, Chris Weir, Colin Weir, EuroMillions, jackpot, lottery, lottery winners, Rolls-Royce Phantom, Suzuki, world's most expensive cars
Gaming Success Stories
The Scottish couple who won Europe’s largest-ever jackpot prize, a cool £161 million on the EuroMillions lottery, are to fund a campaign for Scottish independence.
Colin and Chris Weir have reportedly pledged a ‘seven-figure donation’ to the campaign.
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by Lana Galea November 8, 2011
Tags: Chris Weir, Colin Weir, EuroMillions, jackpot, lottery winners, SNP
Gaming Success Stories
Europe’s biggest-ever lottery jackpot winners Colin and Chris Weir have given their old house to a teen mum who lives next door to the couple.
The winners of the record £161 million EuroMillions jackpot prize will be giving Chelsea McGhie, 19, and her seven-month-old daughter the keys to their £220,000 detached house in Largs, Ayrshire in Scotland, according to the Daily Record.
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by Lana Galea November 2, 2011
Tags: Chris Weir, Colin Weir, EuroMillions, jackpot, lottery, lottery winners
Gaming Success Stories
A British lottery ticket-holder came forward on Saturday to claim a massive £101 million EuroMillions prize – the third-largest lottery jackpot in UK history.
The identity of the winner remains a mystery, and it is not yet known whether an individual, couple, or syndicate scooped the jackpot.
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by Lana Galea October 10, 2011
Tags: Chris Weir, Colin Weir, EuroMillions, jackpot, lottery, lottery winner
Gaming Success Stories
The winners of the biggest-ever EuroMillions lottery jackpot, Colin and Chris Weir, have splurged at one of Scotland’s most expensive hotels.
The Weirs have spent around £30,000 since checking into the five-star Turnberry hotel and spa in Ayrshire, where rooms start at £350 a night.
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by Lana Galea August 20, 2011
Tags: Chris Weir, Colin Weir, EuroMillions, lottery, lottery winners
Gaming Success Stories
The UK’s biggest-ever lottery jackpot winners, Colin Weir and his wife Chris, have been forced to leave their home after they were inundated with people asking them for money.
Colin, 64, and Chris, 55, have fled to Spain with their children after begging letters flooded in to their home.
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by Lana Galea July 20, 2011
Tags: Chris Weir, Colin Weir, EuroMillions, lottery, lottery winners
Gaming Success Stories
They may be on the Sunday Times Rich List after winning a record £161 million EuroMillions jackpot, but Colin and Chris Weir revealed they plan to continue buying lottery tickets.
The British couple are earning interest at a rate of £14,000 a day on their massive prize money.
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by Lana Galea July 18, 2011
Tags: Chris Weir, Colin Weir, David Beckham, EuroMillions, jackpot, lottery, lottery winners, Ringo Starr, Victoria Beckham