If you supposedly had the ability to ‘predict’ that you would win big on the lottery, you think you’d be able to foretell what the lifestyle of a a millionaire would be like too.
But Neil Trotter – who scooped nearly £108 million on the EuroMillions in March 2014 – admitted that he wasn’t prepared for just how different it would be.
The former car mechanic, from Coulsdon, Surrey, explained that he struggled to come to terms with the staggering number of zeroes in his bank account after his huge windfall a decade ago.
He had purchased £10 worth of Lucky Dip tickets and ended up bagging the £107.9 million jackpot after matching seven numbers.
Some people might reckon it was simply a stroke of luck that Trotter earned such a large sum of money – but according to him, it was written in the stars all along.
Speaking of his alleged mystic abilities in 2019, he said (via the Daily Star): “Being a Trotter, I knew I’d be a millionaire one day – and I somehow knew I’d win the lottery.
“I used to tell my dad I’d have a house with a lake, and he’d say, ‘In your dreams, son!'”
Del Boy and Rodney would be proud of this lad’s get-rich-quick efforts.
Trotter also claimed that he managed to predict his colossal win just hours before the EuroMillions draw took place.
Neil Trotter won nearly £108 million on the EuroMillions in 2014 (National Lottery)
Trotter continued: “I had such a strong feeling on the Friday that I’d win, I told the secretary at work.”
He also decided to tell his father’s friends that ‘this time tomorrow’ he would be rolling in it – only for his manifestations to materialise later that evening.
Following his win, Trotter says the best advice he received was from officials at Camelot Group, who advised him to not ‘do anything straight away’ – however, it didn’t take long for him to spend some of his cash.
He ditched his job as a mechanic, swapped his ‘old banger’ for a 2014 McLaren 650S Spider and purchased a mansion on a 500-acre estate which boasts ‘at least’ six lakes.
Trotter previously said he had also bought a house for his younger sister with his mammoth winnings, as well as a pony for his daughter.
Although not working another day in your life and limitless shopping sounds like heaven to most people, the millionaire said the novelty soon wore off for him.
The Brit said he found it difficult to adjust to his millionaire status (National Lottery)
In an update shared in 2022, Trotter said he found it difficult to adapt to his new lifestyle.
“Going from having to work to not having to work any more was quite a strange thing to adjust to,” he said in 2022, according to The Mirror. “I soon found out that sitting at home watching telly all day was quite boring.”
Trotter then discussed why he decided to go public with his win.
“If you want to live the dream, which is to have the house, the money and spend it, you’ve got to go public,” he went on.
But despite getting a bit bored from time to time, he’s still grateful for where those lucky numbers have led him in life.
