Euromillions winners to be named

Nov 9 2009

A group of IT workers from Liverpool and a married couple from Newport, south Wales, have each won a £45.5 million share of the Euromillions jackpot, it was announced.

Camelot said the winners will talk about their plans for the windfall at press conferences on Tuesday, when their identities will also be revealed.

The winning tickets shared Friday night's £91 million jackpot.

The winning Liverpool syndicate work for Hewlett Packard and carry out internal IT work and computer support at BT. The workers were unaware of their staggering win when they turned up for their shift at BT's Royal House centre in Wood Street.

A company source said: "The lucky people do work in our Wood Street centre in Liverpool. They are employed by Hewlett Packard or by Manpower to do internal IT work, computer support. "Some of them went to work not actually knowing anything about it. Someone from Camelot turned up and whisked them away."

Staff outside the BT centre remained tight-lipped about the identities of the winners. One woman entering the building simply said: "We are just really happy for them. The winners are celebrating but obviously not here."

Jubilant co-workers wheeled a toy horse's head, wearing sunglasses and a fleece jacket to a glass window at reception and adorned it with a sign reading 'Lotto Winner' before opening the door and telling waiting media to form an orderly queue for interviews.

A member of staff leaving work for the day, who did not want to be named, said the new millionaires were all members of management.

Another employee, project manager Sue Cull, said: "I've just popped into work for something and found out about it and it's fantastic. I don't actually know them, though I believe they work for Hewlett-Packard. We have lots of Hewlett-Packard staff. If I'd have won that sort of money, I don't think I would be back to work."

The winning numbers were 11, 19, 34, 43 and 45. The Lucky Star numbers were 5 and 9.