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Young British couple scoop $66m lottery jackpot

February 10, 2012
ROlling in it ... Cassey Carrington and Matt Topham.

Rolling in it ... Cassey Carrington and Matt Topham. Photo: Reuters

A young British couple set to enter marital bliss is already in seventh heaven, making plans on how to spend a £45 million ($66 million) jackpot won this week.

Cassey Carrington and Matt Topham, both 22, said their first priority was to buy a new computer and washing machine - both had simultaneously broken down on the eve of their winning the EuroMillions draw on Tuesday.

Carrington, a supermarket supervisor, said she would not change the dress she had already chosen for her September wedding.

In the money ... Cassey Carrington and Matt Topham.

In the money ... Cassey Carrington and Matt Topham. Photo: Reuters

But she was looking forward to building her own home, as well as buying a house for her parents.

Topham, who works as a decorator and painter in his father's business, said: "I have often painted these huge houses and wondered what it would be like to live in one, now I can find out."

The couple, from Nottinghamshire, in central England, are seventh on the list of the largest jackpots ever to be won in Britain.

Cassey Carrington and Matt Topham ... getting married later this year.

Cassey Carrington and Matt Topham ... getting married later this year. Photo: Reuters

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