Scunthorpe Couple Beat All Odds To Win EuroMillions Twice

A Scunthorpe couple have beaten the incredible odds of over 283 Billion to 1 to scoop a second £1 Million prize on EuroMillions in less than two years.

David & Kathleen Long are now celebrating their amazing good fortune once again after scooping £1,000,000 plus a luxury car in last Friday's EuroMillions Mega Friday draw.

The pair previously banked £1,000,000 in the EuroMillions Millionaire Raffle draw in July 2013.

David told Viking FM:

“I always knew I’d win, even the first time. I just had a feeling it was going to be me. I tend to play when I know there are lots of prizes on the go. Last time I knew I had a good chance because there were 100 prizes of £1 million. Last Friday night I was passing the local shop and saw there were ten £1 million prizes on EuroMillions and a nice car and thought yeah I’ll give that a go. Got to be worth a few lines and I got five using my usual numbers.”

“On Saturday morning I sat down in front of our telly and started checking the numbers. On one line I’d matched two numbers and one stars to get £7.20 and thought that’s alright. Then I checked the raffle codes– something I’ve learnt to do automatically since winning last time. After a few moments I very calmly called Kath in and said “Have a look at this. It’s there. Look. Read that line.”

“Kath checked the TV; then she turned on the laptop and checked the website. Then she went up right close to our television on the wall, put on her glasses and stared really hard at the raffle numbers. It seemed ages and then she finally said: “You said you’d do it again and you have!” Everything has been a blur ever since. It’s definitely taking longer to sink in this time!”

Two years ago David, who was working as a HGV driver for a local transport business in Scunthorpe, nearly missed on the big win altogether. Dave thought he’d won just £2.70 and nearly didn’t bother to claim the winnings. At the last moment he decided to take the ticket with him as he needed a newspaper anyway.

Dave said:

“I had to fish the ticket out of the bin that time and found when I got to the shop that it was worth a heck of a lot more. That win was fantastic and couldn’t have come at a better time. Times had been really tough and I had been really ill for three years, unable to work leading up to it. I lasted three days at work and then took early retirement. We’ve had an amazing 18 months, have been able to treat the family, buy a new car and even finally get hitched, –after being engaged for 12 years.

“But I always told everyone that I’m gonna do it again. I just knew it would be my turn again someday. Now it has and we just can’t believe it.”