Rankin has photographed the most famous people in the country - and now he has lined up some of the luckiest.
This ensemble of 30 National Lottery winners has claimed nearly £200 million between them since the game was launched in the UK in 1994.
'He was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and had surgery, so I feel that The National Lottery saved his life in a way.' She said: 'I loved my job cooking for firemen at the local station in Hertfordshire and when I realised on that fateful morning that I'd won, I had to go into work because the lads needed their breakfast.'The year of their win they flew to Florida, and the couple continue to take big adventure holidays including Vietnam, Cambodia, Alaska and a safari in Zimbabwe and South Africa.
He lives with wife Ann, 62, and the win meant the couple could buy their dream five-bedroom home beside the river that they used to walk along as a young couple - something they only ever dreamed about.'As we go around the world following Formula One racing, we've rubbed shoulders with Damon Hill and David Coulthard and we've spotted Lewis Hamilton and Nico Hulkenberg.'
It was only when Mr Higgins asked another worker to run the numbers through the machine manually that they discovered that had indeed won.7) Viv Moss, 73, originally from Northamptonshire, won £6 million in 1998:Viv worked teaching hairstyling at a local college at the time of her win.She said: 'We fell in love with Cornwall and when we saw apartments being built overlooking our favourite bay, we bought one and moved.
11) Ray Wragg, 86, from Sheffield, won £7.5 million with his late wife Barbara in 2000, and was extremely philanthropic: Jackie lives with her two rescue dogs after downsizing her six-bedroom house when her sons left homeShe married husband Alex, a painter and decorator, in July this year.She bought a house three doors away from her parents, a BMW1 Series and treated herself to personalised number plates.
'I then swapped my Ford Fiesta for a Porsche 911, my dream car, and married Louise, my girlfriend of three months.Dean Allen was just 26 when he won nearly £14 million in 2000She promptly bought a guest house in Snowdonia with husband Paul, 46, a golf course manager.'Now, I wake every morning and it still takes a while for reality to sink in.'Her first reaction was to turn to her husband Paul and scream 'we're millionaires'.
Donna said: 'He died four months later and our son was only 18 at the time. He's just graduated with a first, and I know his father would have been so proud.'18) Peter Congdon, 76, from Truro, won £13.5 million in 2015 and immediately began to share his newfound wealth: 'It cost £30,000 but it would have been wrong not to do something really fun before sensible Neil took over.'
'When I bought a house, I had a full-sized football goal and a dug-out made so my friends and I could play football.'Matt Evans lived at home with his parents when he found out he had won £2.6 millionDebbie and her husband Joe have spent money on property - but also on some fairly ordinary items. The couple also bought iPads for the children, an eternity ring for Debbie, as well as some expensive boxer shorts for Joe.
Celeste has also bought an apartment in Spain and has sent money back to her family in Barbados so that they can upgrade their house and buy a car. 'But they were stuck on the Christmas deliveries, and I couldn't bear the thought of my elderly customers being let down.But he has promised his wife that he will not be buying any more for the time being.27) Kate Donaghey, 34, from Newcastle, won £1 million in 2018:The win allowed the couple to move from their two-bedroom former council house to a five-bedroom house complete with gym.
He said: 'Since the win, I have started my own breakdown business which has since doubled in size, married Danielle in a dream £25,000 wedding and she launched a cake business with her twin sister.29) Joanne Jobson, 51, from Hartlepool, won £10,000 a month for 30 years, in February this year:She also treated herself to a diamond ring in an antique shop – something she admits that she would never have done before her win.
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