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Couple Receive $66m Wedding Present

In the money ... Cassey Carrington and Matt Topham. A young British couple set to enter marital bliss is already in seventh heaven, making plans on how to spend a £45 million ($66 million) jackpot won this week.
Cassey Carrington and Matt Topham, both 22, said their first priority was to buy a new computer and washing machine - both had simultaneously broken down on the eve of their winning the EuroMillions draw on Tuesday.
Carrington, a supermarket supervisor, said she would not change the dress she had already chosen for her September wedding. But she was looking forward to building her own home, as well as buying a house for her parents.Topham, who works as a decorator and painter in his father's business, said: "I have often painted these huge houses and wondered what it would be like to live in one, now I can find out."
The couple, from Nottinghamshire, in central England, are seventh on the list of the largest jackpots ever to be won in Britain.They won £45,160,170.50 in Tuesday's rollover draw after playing online with just £5.
Carrington, an Iceland supermarket worker, said she only set up her online account last Friday when she felt she was on a lucky streak. "I did have a feeling I was going to win," she said.
"The store where I work had won an incentive for delivering excellent sales. We had been presented with £10,000 which was shared between staff. After that I just felt like it was my lucky day and decided to get a EuroMillions ticket."
The couple, who are due to be married in September, are the second pair from the county to win a EuroMillions jackpot of more than £40 million in less than a month.
Gareth and Catherine Bull, from Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, won nearly £41 million on January 20.
The latest big winners said they couldn't sleep when they heard about their windfall, which they say they will use to treat family and friends and create their dream home, as well as boost their wedding fund.
"We can now get a big firework display and some entertainment in the evening. It will be our dream day," said Carrington.
The couple's win is the seventh largest jackpot ever to be handed out in the UK.
It puts them equal in wealth to actor Hugh Grant, who has a fortune of £45 million and sits at 1,474th place on the Sunday Times Rich List.
The biggest EuroMillions prize was a £161 million jackpot won by Colin and Chris Weir, from Largs, Scotland, last year.

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