Factory worker EuroMillions winner celebrates £71m jackpot with pizza and chicken wings

The winner of a £71 million EuroMillions jackpot has revealed he celebrated with takeaway pizza and chicken wings.

Factory worker Ade Goodchild, 58, was revealed as the winner of the life-changing sum on Wednesday.

Mr Goodchild, from Hereford, did not realise he had won the jackpot at first when he scanned his ticket on the National Lottery App.

He said he had an urge to check his ticket on Saturday, instead of waiting for Monday as usual.

Mr Goodchild said: ‘I’m not one of these winners who is going to say this win won’t change me.

‘It bloody well will, or at least I’ll give it a damn good go! There’ll be no more shift work for me.

‘I want to travel, find myself a lovely new home, go to top sporting events, and try many other things besides.’

Describing the winning moment, Mr Goodchild said he celebrated his win by watching the Wales v Ireland rugby match on television with his parents while sharing a takeaway pizza and spicy chicken wings, all washed down with Italian beer.

‘It gave me the winning ‘ping’ sound and I thought I might have won a fiver or something,’ he said.

‘But when I checked I thought hang on, it looks like I’ve won £71,000.

‘I put my glasses on to double check and then spotted that it was the jackpot prize and that all my numbers were circled. I thought wow, a lot of people have shared the jackpot this week but fair play. Then I read the prize amount again and realised that it was actually £71 million and just one winner – me!

‘It was then that I called my Mum and Dad. Their reaction was one of complete shock – I still don’t think it’s sunk in for them.’