Gas engineer now plans to get married after becoming a lottery millionaire
A gas engineer from Bolton is now looking forward to marrying his partner of nearly 20 years after becoming a National Lottery millionaire.
Darren McGuire, 46, hopes to wed Laura Thwaites, 40, after winning the incredible prize on Lotto.
He said: “We were going to get married years ago, then Laura fell pregnant and we moved house. I also regularly work seven days a week as a gas engineer for a housing association in Bolton – a job I love – so with all that we never got around to tying the knot. However, with this win under our belts we’re hoping to get married in real style sometime soon…”
Darren discovered his incredible win just before heading off on a family holiday to Cornwall. He admits the rest of the week was “basically just a blur”. So much so that they have already booked to go back to the same spot next year.
The couple have already treated themselves to a new car, a Volvo CX90, replacing the ‘bone rattler’ that Laura is happy to admit she hated. Meanwhile, their two kids have a few requests of their own. Laura said, “One has asked for a PlayStation 5 and the other fancies going on a shopping spree for clothes and trainers. We’ll see what we can do!”