Nottingham cabbie drives off with £1MMillion EuroMillions win

Gordon didn’t buy his regular Lucky Dip tickets from his usual shop as he happened to grab them elsewhere when getting some milk. The change of heart helped turn his evening into one of his luckiest.

Firstly, Gordon played dominoes for his pub side, The Fox, who beat the Coopers Arms of Bulwell 7-3. He then won £53 on a fruit machine in the pub and finally rounded off his winning day, by checking his ticket when he got home only to discover that he was a millionaire.

Gordon said, “I checked the number on the TV around 11:30pm and didn’t see any matched numbers other than a 5 and then looked at the Raffle code – I couldn’t believe they all matched. I shouted to my daughter Charlotte to come downstairs to check the code too and she said yes it all matched and I was a millionaire! As you can imagine I couldn’t sleep and after lots of cups of tea I decided to go along to the taxi base to spend time with the rest of the lads.”

Called from daughter's office

Gordon, who has been a cabbie for 17 years, chatted through the night with colleagues before making the call to the National Lottery Line the next day. He said, “None of the lads could believe what had happened. I showed them the ticket and they were thrilled for me. I then went to my daughter’s work, to make the call because I wanted her to be with me. I hadn’t slept and I wanted to make sure I did everything right.”

A delighted Gordon said, “I’m still speechless. Money has always been very tight and this will allow me to take the pressure off and also help my 3 children; Oliver (21), Charlotte (19) and my youngest who is 15 years-old. I am going to help them financially and at the moment I’m thinking of buying a house, a car and booking a holiday to Mauritius – an island I’ve always wanted to visit since I saw it on an advert in the cinema.”