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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/lotto-win-pushed-under-the-carpet.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Neil Jones, 47 and Julie Kirkham, 43, celebrate winning almost £2.5 million on the Lottery" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-lotto-win-pushed-under-the-carpet.jpg" alt="Neil Jones, 47 and Julie Kirkham, 43, celebrate winning almost £2.5 million on the Lottery"/></a></p>
<p>Lotto millionaire Neil Jones was so worried he would lose his winning ticket that he hid it under his carpet.</p>
<p>The self-employed tiler and his partner Julie Kirkham, 43, landed £2,446,436 after hitting the jackpot in last Wednesday&#8217;s draw.</p>
<p>But Mr Jones, 47, said the win made him very anxious. &#8220;At first I thought we had won £10, and then I realised we had all six numbers. I called to Julie to come and check the ticket too as my hands were shaking so much but she thought I was pulling her leg.</p>
<p>&#8220;After we called Camelot, I kept the ticket in my wallet but I was nervous that I might lose it, so I put it in an envelope, inside a Christmas card under the carpet in the house for safe keeping.</p>
<p>&#8220;I wanted to check it was still there but I was worried that if I kept unfolding and folding the ticket, you might not be able to read the numbers any more.&#8221;</p>
<p>The couple, who live in Fenton, Staffordshire, plan to splash the cash on a bumper Christmas, new house, Egyptian holiday, new business venture&#8230; and a second-hand car.</p>
<p>Ms Kirkham, a sandwich shop assistant, said: &#8220;I still can&#8217;t believe it. My head is in bits and I can&#8217;t think straight. When I cooked our Sunday dinner, I put the chicken under the grill instead of in the oven and didn&#8217;t realise what I had done until Neil said he could smell burning.&#8221;</p>
<p>The pair discovered the win after checking their lucky dip numbers.</p>
<p>Mr Jones said: &#8220;I had read about people who were down to their few last pounds when their luck turned, and it has been a difficult few months for us, especially being self-employed. Just as it was confirmed we had definitely won, I got a phone call on my mobile to ask me if I could tile two bathrooms before the end of the year. Our luck has definitely changed for the better.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mr Jones said he was so short of work before the win that he had borrowed money. &#8220;We&#8217;ve just been scraping along. We actually borrowed some money so we could get through Christmas, knowing that in the new year I&#8217;d got a couple of jobs that weren&#8217;t sure, but in the pipeline. I was down to my last 13 quid, I think.&#8221;</p>
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