Chris Weir

United Kingdom: A Scottish couple out of work due to ill health were revealed Friday as Europe’s biggest ever lottery winners, scooping 185 million euros in the EuroMillions jackpot. Colin Weir, 64, and his wife Chris, 55, who have been married for 30 years and live in the seaside town of Largs near Glasgow, claimed the prize after Tuesday’s draw which followed a series of rollovers. The prize catapulted them into 430th place in this year’s Sunday Times Rich List for Britain, nine places...Read Full Story

Tuesdays £161/€185 million EuroMillions winners Chris and Colin Weir face the press after speculation as to who the UK winner or winners may have been. The couple who have been married for 30 years are from Largs in Ayrshire. A bold move by the couple to go public came after the realisation that even with the best efforts, they would not be able to keep such a large win a total secret and the thought of trying to make up stories to prevent the news of their EuroMillions win being known...Read Full Story

Faces beaming, the Largs couple who won the £161 million Euromillions jackpot, told a press conference how they were ‘not flashy people.’ Chris and Colin Weir won the jackpot on Tuesday – their record-breaking win the biggest ever in Europe. Chris recounts what happened as she was checking the numbers as they started coming up – that incredible moment all lottery players dream they will encounter.Read Full Story

The £161million ($260 million U.S.) EuroMillions jackpot winners Colin Weir and wife Christine Weir, from Largs, in Ayrshire celebrate at a press conference in Falkirk, Scotland. Colin and Christine Weir, extremely lucky Euromillions jackpot winners. WENN Photo/wenn.comRead Full Story

Colin and Chris Weir, from Largs in Ayrshire, said they had to check their numbers three or four times before realising they had won the record haul.But they had to wait until the next morning to claim their prize, because the Camelot phone line was closed.Their win will put them 430th in the Sunday Times Rich List.Mrs Weir recalled the evening they discovered they had won: "We had enjoyed a normal night in front of the television watching CSI and so on."At around midnight I decided it was...Read Full Story