National Lottery LIVE: £4.5m Lotto jackpot winner's charity investigated by watchdog over alleged 'financial misconduct'
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Barry Chuwen won £4.5m in 1997 and invested it in commercial premises. He also set up The Teddy Bear Foundation with his wife Jenny in 2004. Charity spent £500k on taking children with special needs to Disneyland Paris and providing them with riding lessons, massage sessions and sensory gardens. OSCR are investigating payments made by the charity to a company connected to one of its trustees last year. They have taken action to prevent the property owned by charity being sold.
The region in England with the most millionaires is the South East, followed by the Midlands. The least amount of millionaires are in the North East. Callie Rogers was just 16 when she won £1.6 million in 2003 and blew it on parties and surgery. Jess Thwaite and his family celebrated their win with a family meal. The Good Causes Fund has raised £850 million to help lonely people in UK. It will hold the money for 180 days and donate it to local charities. If the winner is not found within 6 months, the cash is donated to the local projects. Experts warn against following the crowd and picking the lucky numbers.
Someone from Salford won the Set For Life draw on 5 May but hasn't claimed their prize yet. The lucky numbers were 16, 23, 29, 36, 38 and the lucky life ball was 6. Whoever won it must claim it before 1 November 2022. Two crooks stole a bank card off Joshua Addiman and won £4 million. They were found guilty of fraud.
Sharon and Nigel Sale didn't know they won the Lottery until they got home from holiday in 2010. Colin and Christine Weir won £161 million in 2011 and set up a charity. Adrien Bayford's mansion was raided in 2012. Jane Park won a lot of money and spent it on a botched plastic surgery. She died after the operation. She had a Brazillian bum lift. It's one of the most dangerous plastic surgeries. The procedure is fatal. He died three months after he passed away.
Mukhtar Mohidin was 42 when he won the Lottery in 1994. He was married with three children, but they divorced in 1998. Mukhtar had a daughter with a sex worker, Charlotte, and they had two more children together. They split after having rows. Callie Rogers won £1.6 million in 2003 and blew it on parties and surgery. The Lotteries is donating around £3,000 every minute. The most millionaires are in the South East and the Midlands. There are 257 millionaires in North East.
Jess Thwaite won £7.1m Lotto jackpot. She bought bedroom furniture and a chest of drawers and wardrobe. The National Lottery is embroiled in a court case. Camelot wants to give the game to rival Allwyn from 2024. If a decision is made in court this week, it could lead to the suspension of the lottery until 2024, as it is currently being contested. Experts warn against following the crowd and picking the most popular or frequently occurring numbers. Number seven is often regarded as lucky across the world. It is one of most underdrawn and overdue numbers yet.
The Thwaites won the biggest ever lottery jackpot in UK history in May. Faith Cox, 74, hopes they don't move away and will fix her fence. The National Lottery operate a 'Healthy Play' policy. 11 people have won a lot of money but haven't claimed their prizes yet. They have until the end of July to claim their prize. The winner of the £1m Millionaire Maker prize has until January 21, 2022. There are 11 prizes left. Lotto draw has taken place with £7.1 million jackpots and the Thunderball.
