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IT COULD BE ZOO
Brit who scooped £45million EuroMillions jackpot keeps mother-in-law sweet by buying her a £600,000 zoo
BRITAIN’S youngest mega lottery winner has kept his mother-in-law sweet — by buying her a zoo.
Matt Topham, who scooped £45million at 23, spent £600,000 on the petting zoo.
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His EuroMillions jackpot also helped buy llamas, pygmy goats, horses, pigs, ducks and a falconry centre with barn owls, falcons, hawks and a sea eagle.
Wife Cassey’s mum Jane runs the visitor site at Rushmoor Country Farm Park in Louth, Lincs, with daughters Jade, 27 and Alicia, 22.
Matt and Cassey, both 31, won in 2012 and have two sons.
The former painter and decorator has reinvented himself as a racing driver and helicopter pilot.
Last month, he won a race at the Donington GT Cup Championship in his £240,000 Aston Martin Vantage GT4, one of several he owns.
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The couple have also splashed out on luxury cars, houses and holidays for family and friends.
A pal said: “They seem to have got the hang of being lottery millionaires — they know how to have some fun.
“If his mum-in-law wanted a zoo, why not buy her one? He can afford it. It’s nice to see a couple getting a lottery win right for once.”
Lost-ery numbers
HUNDREDS of lottery players try to win the jackpot by using numbers from TV series Lost.
They plump for 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42 — the numbers which won Hurley, a character from the 2004-2010 US drama, a $114million payout.
It has never landed the big money but is the third most popular combination of numbers, lottery organisers say.
The most common are multiples of seven — 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42 — ahead of multiples of five.
All the sevens — 7, 17, 27, 37, 47, 57 — is also often used.
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