A EuroMillions jackpot winner burned through his fortune at a rate of £100,000 a week before his death, new documents show. Colin Weir, who became Scotland's biggest lottery winner when he and wife Christine scooped £161 million in 2011, died in December, aged 71.
By that time his fortune had shrunk by £40 million, the Daily Record reports. One financial expert said: “Spending £40million in eight years takes a bit of doing.” Colin, a former cameraman at STV, splashed out on cars and pumped money into his favourite football club, Partick Thistle.
He also shared his fortune with friends and charitable trusts, and passed on money to his two children with Christine – Carly, 32, and Jamie, 30.
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