It was at the beginning of 2021 when a British couple formed by Laura Hoyle and Kirk Stevens became news, not only in their country but internationally, after becoming millionaires overnight by winning a lottery draw.
According to international media reports at the time, it would have been Laura who bought the winning lottery ticket for the game “Set For Life”; the woman matched the 5 main numbers of the game and also managed to get the Life Ball, the extra digit with which she increased her winnings.
After receiving the good news, Hoyle decided to share the winnings with their partner and opted for the partial payment of the $4 million, with which they would receive about $10,000 monthly dollars in the following 30 years.
The first thing they did with their prize was buy a house, but they both decided to leave their jobs to start their careers as professional ghostbusters.
They end their relationship and she wins the entire lottery prize
Laura and Kirk maintained a stable relationship for several years in which he covered all the rental costs of the house they shared while he She told him that her contribution was to play about $30 a week in the lottery, hoping of someday having a stroke of luck.
When they won the lottery, they thought that their lives had been resolved; however, a year after obtaining the grand prize, Hoyle decided to end his relationship with Stevens, taking all the money with him.
“Laura had told me that we would give ourselves ‘the good life’ if we won, but now he’s gone and taken absolutely everything. He even loves our 2 dogs”, the gentleman confessed in an interview for The Sun.
When questioned if they had actually legally decided to share the prize, Kirk explained that although in effect, in the photo of the lottery company with which it was announced were the winners, the names of both appear, this was only done for mere publicity, who actually appears on the papers to collect the money is Laura, who only gave her ex a monthly amount of it.
Kirk never thought that Laura would leave him because after winning the lottery, she encouraged him to study a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and she even assured him that she would take care of liquidating his student loan.
The man also indicated that until not long ago, they had plans to invest together in real estate and even, at some point, they planned to get married although they had no pr isa for doing so since they are both divorced.
As if that were not enough, together they applied for a mortgage loan for about $500,000 to build a new house, to the which Laura moved. Distraught over his financial situation, Kirk claimed part of the lottery prize, but Hoyle stressed that nothing belongs to him.
According to information from the Daily Star, the lottery company confirmed that in effect, they only pay the winnings to one only one person and in this case, it was determined that it would be done to Laura.
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