Mum splashes out on dream home after scooping £3.5m on EuroMillions as she toasts 'Lady Luck'

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A mum has scooped £3.5m on the lottery and splashed out on a new home with her winnings. Helen and Lee Kuchczynski were handed the bumper cheque for £3,665,079.10 at their home yesterday.

Helen, who has always rented, made an offer on the couple's dream home on her 58th birthday after being crowned a winner in the EuroMillions July 12 draw She said: “We have rented all our married life, and with retirement looming didn't think that would ever change."Then Lady Luck more than smiled at us, she grinned and burst out laughing, so instead of the usual Chinese takeaway in front of the telly to celebrate my birthday, we bought a whopping detached house with all the mod cons – it even has electric gates!"Lee has had a little present too, swapping his HGV for his dream car, an Audi RS4 Avant.Helen, of Cumbria, added: "My first purchase as a millionaire was two bags of cat litter while Lee invested in a new back-scratcher, not sure if that is living the high life!”Helen, a Financial Administrator, and HGV driver Lee’s winning journey started when Helen bought a Lucky Dip for the EuroMillions draw.She plays online and recalled: “I logged into my account on the laptop but was disappointed to see the balance was the same as usual, 40p.

I logged in with my app instead to see if that showed anything different, still 40p, so I then clicked on the message and the 40p was very quickly forgotten, and replaced with £3,665,079.10!” Helen took the phone through to show her daughter who was getting ready for her second day at a new job, the Mirror reports. “As I handed the phone to our daughter I said, ‘I’ve won something on the National Lottery but I think the decimal point is in the wrong place so it’s probably a scam'," she added. "She