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Lottery winners' surprising first purchases

Surprise first buys by the people who won big
Greta and Tony Dodd: four new knees
Greta and Tony Dodd: four new knees
Greta and Tony Dodd: four new knees
David Copeland: land on the moon
David Copeland: land on the moon
David Copeland: land on the moon
Roy Gibney: a personalised swimming pool
Roy Gibney: a personalised swimming pool
Roy Gibney: a personalised swimming pool
Jonathan Vargas: a female wrestling show
Jonathan Vargas: a female wrestling show
Jonathan Vargas: a female wrestling show
Tracy Field: dog biscuits
Tracy Field: dog biscuits
Tracy Field: dog biscuits
John and Linda Kutey: a public spray park
John and Linda Kutey: a public spray park
John and Linda Kutey: a public spray park
Joe and Jess Thwaite: a wardrobe and a second-hand car
Joe and Jess Thwaite: a wardrobe and a second-hand car
Joe and Jess Thwaite: a wardrobe and a second-hand car
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Courtesy national-lottery.co.uk

Surprise first buys by the people who won big

If you won the lottery, what’s the first thing you'd buy? Most people would probably invest in a new house or once-in-a-lifetime holiday. Not so for these lucky winners.

Read on to discover some of the strangest first things that lottery winners have snapped up after cracking open the champagne. All dollar amounts in US dollars. 

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Alice Cattley

22 February 2023

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