What's it really like to win the lottery?
Britain's biggest lottery winner to date, Mark Gardiner, has been giving 5 live his top tips on how to handle the weight of a multi-million pound prize:
"First of all, take stock [...] especially if there's one ticket winner and they've won the £58-59 million."
Mark, who won £22.5 million with a colleague in 1995, was speaking as the UK waited to hear if anyone has won the National Lottery's biggest ever jackpot.
Mark admitted he "rushed into things too quick," at first with the purchase of his local football club, Hastings United, going far from to plan.
"Obviously you're gonna have some party time," but "make changes slowly," and most of all: "enjoy life."
This clip is originally from the Nihal Arthanayake programme on Saturday 9 January 2016.
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