Callie Rogers, the UK’s youngest lottery winner at 16, has split from her ex, engineer Lee Matthews, and debuted a new relationship while raising her fifth child as a single mum
Callie Rogers, Britain’s youngest ever lottery winner, has split from her former partner and is now in a new relationship.
Rogers scored a massive £1.8million jackpot in 2003 aged 16, while working as a checkout girl for minimum wage, famously becoming the UK’s youngest National Lottery winner.
The teenager hit national headlines at the time and became a local celebrity in Cumbria, where she grew up on a council estate with her foster parents. It comes after a family of 10 ‘barged out’ of pub in brazen dine and dash after £320 meal.
Now 38, the mum-of-five recently shared cosy photos with her new partner, 35-year-old gas engineer Todd Eilbeck.
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In one post, she referred to Todd as her “world” and “best friend”. He also shared a picture of the couple looking happy as they cuddled up together.
Callie had previously been in a relationship with engineer Lee Matthews, and last year it was reported that the pair had welcomed her fifth child.
However, in a social media update marking her daughter Navie-Nicola’s first birthday, Callie revealed she was raising the child on her own.
“Most would describe the first year as tiring and challenging, but for me, it’s been the most magical, rewarding year of my life,” she wrote, without disclosing the identity of the child’s father. There is no indication she was referring to Matthews.
Despite her past financial struggles, Callie still holds the title of the UK’s youngest lottery winner – a record unlikely to be broken since the minimum age to play the National Lottery has since been raised to 18.
Rogers called on the Government to raise the age limit for the game after she reportedly blew her entire £1.875m jackpot over nine years on plastic surgery, cocaine, clothes and hand-outs to friends and family.
She struggled with the fame, and personal attacks. “I still get abuse because of who I am,” she told the Mirror in 2019. “It comes from people who do not even know me.” She gave almost all of the money away, lavishing hundreds of thousands on family and friends. Years later, she was still owed at least £200,000 by ‘fake pals’ who borrowed from her.
After her win Camelot said: “Callie received extensive support from us which lasted many years. She didn’t take up the independent financial and legal advice offered by us. However, our winner’s team fully supported her and helped her to handle media interest.”
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