Tag Archive: Camelot

Like a medieval morality tale, two young, unemployed and broke men from Bolton, made use of someone else's debit card number to purchase some lottery tickets, as well as having a blast in London. Imagine their surprise when they discovered that they were holding a lottery winning ticket worth north of £4 million. Without waiting to actually cash the ticket, they just upped the bender to another level as they posted photos of themselves across their social media showing them living it large.

In 2011, Colin and Chris Weir struct it lucky and won a monstrous £161 million via playing the EuroMillions Lottery. Having lived quietly their whole lives, they were determined that others should also benefit from their good fortune. And so they set up a charitable foundation that would allow them to support needy causes, as well as those they loved. Partick Football Club was one of the first recipients. In the 8 years before Colin's untimely death in 2019, he gave away more than £40 million.