A Euromillions winner has revealed the “crazy” first thing he plans on spending his £44million jackpot on.
The Belgian bought a lottery ticket in a lucky dip and was pleasantly surprised to become the proud recipient of a whopping €52m.
Some previous winners have chosen to splash the cash on an extravagant trip abroad, a down payment on a house or go towards retirement plans.
However, the long-time player has opted to go for a more humble, reserved approach to life.
The long-time player has opted to divulge himself in a surprisingly humble purchase
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He said: "It may seem crazy, but the first thing I want to do is buy myself a few new shirts.”
Still, the jackpot winner plans to retire later in life, invest, support his family and friends and go abroad to the Canary Islands.
But he will only pursue the more extravagant spending after the new additions to his wardrobe are sorted.
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The winning ticket was bought at a village bookshop called Veerle De Block in Sint-Pauwels.
The shop owner said: "As a newsagent, you always dream of seeing one of your customers win such a sum one day, but it's unreal."
Patricia Pen from Belgium's National Lottery said that the winner, who opted to remain anonymous, was overwhelmed when he found out he really won such a large amount.
She said: "He has spent some sleepless nights, but remains calm and modest. He is the typical winner profile: discreet, dreamy and down-to-earth."
The Belgian won the ticket in a lucky dip (Stock)
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The Belgian millionaire is not the only winner to have made peculiar choices after scooping the jackpot prize.
EuroMillions winner Adrian Bayford decided to abandon his seven-bedroom country estate to move in with his 80-year-old mother.
The 54-year-old former postman, who won £148m in 2012, plans to relocate from his luxury mansion near the Suffolk-Cambridgeshire border.
Both Bayford and his fiancée, Tracey Biles, moved into a nearby four-bedroom cottage that he purchased for his mother with his lottery winnings.
