Amazing thing new lottery millionaire vows to keep doing - despite huge win
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New lottery millionaire James Clarkson will make sure none of his £7.5m jackpot goes down the drain. He told yesterday (Wed) of his plans to keep on working because at 20, he is 'too young' to retire. The day after he scooped the £7,533,329 prize money, he was unblocking a drain on a job for his dad's plumbing firm. After showing his girlfriend the lotto 'jackpot' email, informing him of his win, she rolled over in bed, saying he had made a mistake.
James, of Carlisle, Cumbria, recalled: "I was out in the cold fixing blocked drains the day after I found out I had won. "It was a bit grim but that’s reality. I’m not going to stop working, I’m too young. I want to qualify as a heating engineer and then go from there. I need to have a purpose in life, plus Dad wouldn’t let me not work anyway. "He says there are plenty of millionaires out there that still work and you need a reason to get up each day.” Nonetheless, kind-hearted James is paying off the mortgage of parents Stephen, 37, and Becky, 41, as he weighs up how to help his family.
He said: “I’ve been thinking about it a lot, it’s what I want to do. I told them last night and they seemed really overwhelmed. We are close and they have always been there for me. This win isn’t just for me, I want to make sure we all benefit.” He celebrated in a pub with his dad, grandad, brother, cousin, and mum, 'even though she doesn't drink'. He won £120 in the Christmas Day draw and decided to buy five more lines for the first draw of the New Year, two Lucky Dip lines and three lines of randomly selected numbers; one of the trio delivered his life-changing win.
