Channel 4 is set to air a documentary about the Valleys town where a £3.7million lottery win was split between hundreds of people. Some 435 of the 8,000 residents in Rhymney shared last May's prize from the People’s Postcode Lottery.
The broadcaster visited the town in Caerphilly county to find out how the money had changed the lives of locals. Nine neighbours shared the biggest portion of the winnings, landing them £185,000 each. One of those, retired steelworker Ted Owen, had played with two tickets which meant he received £370,000, the Mirror reports.
He made plans to buy a Jaguar and go on a cruise but the win was bittersweet for Ted, whose wife had recently died, robbing him of the chance to enjoy the fortune. “I wish my wife could have enjoyed it as well," he said. "She had cancer, she got over it and then it came back. She would have definitely bought a cruise.”
