Neil Jones says he had just £13 in his pocket when he won £2.4m in 2010. After thousands of hours of hard work, he's now preparing to captain his country in a European pool competition.
A retired tiler, whose first purchase after winning the National Lottery was a pool table, is now set to represent England as captain on the European stage. Neil Jones, 59, who said he had just £13 in his pocket when he won £2.4m in 2010, has been chosen to skipper the England B1 team in the European Pool Championships next month. The Stoke-on-Trent resident said he was 'sobbing' after getting the call-up to lead the side.
'Winning the lottery allowed me to put those hours in. If I didn't win, I wouldn't have been able to buy the table, I wouldn't have had the time - I'd still be on my hands and knees tiling.
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