A woman whose fiance bagged £1m Euromillions win on New Year Eve has said her main worry was that he'd splurge the lot in popular discount retailer B&M. Andy Hornsby scooped the huge jackpot just 10 minutes before the clock struck midnight into 2025. He has already bought a home after years of renting and is planning to get married to his partner of six years, Mandy. But he revealed her main concern as that he'd fritter it away in the popular store.
Andy, 56, said: "It was so surreal we couldn’t help but laugh as the news slowly settled in. My partner’s biggest concern was that I’d spend it all in B&M!” He'd already revealed he had a ‘funny feeling’ about the draw on December 31, so much so that he went to his local Asda and bought two tickets. He was proved right when, minutes before Big Ben struck and Mandy out of the room, he quickly checked the tickets - only to find out he was a millionaire.
“My partner thought she’d missed midnight when she walked into the lounge to hear us all cheering, but instead of saying ‘Happy New Year’, I said, ‘I think we’re millionaires’ to which she replied, ‘don’t be so stupid’! The rest of the evening is a blur, I don’t think we even wished anyone a Happy New Year, as we just checked and rechecked the ticket.".
He added: “I’ll admit I’ve had some memorable New Year’s Eves, but nothing comes close to this! I was just about to do another round of drinks for the midnight cheers when I, slightly bizarrely, decided to check my tickets online. I thought the EuroMillions Millionaire Maker code matched but, as I didn’t have my glasses on, I couldn’t be sure so handed the ticket to my stepdaughter to check as she was stood beside me. She scanned the ticket on her National Lottery app and as a £1,000,000 win popped up we both just started laughing.
