A lucky lotto winner splurged his huge fortune at a rate of almost £100,000 a week, newly released documents reveal. Colin Weir and then wife Christine became Scotland's biggest ever winners when they hit the £161million EuroMillions jackpot in 2011.
Their whopping win remains one of the largest ever - only surpassed in 2019 when an unnamed player in Italy landed a staggering £193million. But by the time he died in 2019 at the age 71, Colin's share of the windfall had shrunk by £40million, Daily Record reports.
The rate of his spending has surprised many, with one financial expert saying: “Spending £40million in eight years takes a bit of doing.” Colin splashed out on cars and pumped money into his favourite football club, Partick Thistle.
