This is called keeping a cool head. Despite the 7.5 million pounds sterling (nearly 9 million euros) he won in the national lottery on January 4, 2025, a 20-year-old Englishman decided to continue working, reports the BBC .
At work the next day
Originally from Carlisle, in the north of England, James Clarkson was at his girlfriend’s house when he discovered the amount of his winnings. It was when he checked his phone when he woke up that he saw a notification from the national lottery announcing his victory. News that he immediately celebrated with his family with a « rosbeef et du champagne ».
The next day, however, this young trainee apprenticed to become a heating engineer returned to work. “I was out in the cold fixing blocked pipes”he confided to our colleagues. Before adding: “I need to have a purpose in life, and Dad wouldn’t let me not work anyway.” »
A family business
-According to the British media, the young man left school during the Covid-19 pandemic and began an apprenticeship as a mason. A year ago, he joined the family business where he learned the trade with those close to him.
If he does not plan to rest on his millions, James Clarkson still plans to use this money to pay off his parents’ mortgage and treat himself to a nice vacation. « This victory is not just for me. I want to make sure we all benefit”he said. The young man has already booked a luxury holiday to Cape Verde and claims to have bought designer jackets as well as a Gucci handbag for his girlfriend.
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