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Name of £108m Euromillions lottery winner announced
The identity of a car mechanic who won £107.9m on the Euromillions lottery has been revealed as Neil Trotter, 41, of Coulsdon, south London.
Mr Trotter, who runs a repair garage in Mitcham called Chameleon Coachworks, scooped the jackpot on Friday.
He was so confident he would win he told staff at his father's office on Friday lunchtime, "this time tomorrow" he would be a multi-millionaire.
His lucky ticket made him the National Lottery's fourth biggest winner.
He is the first Euromillions jackpot winner from the UK this year.
He learnt that he was the single ticket-holder to scoop the massive jackpot on Friday evening at about 22:30 GMT.
'I've done it'
"I've always thought I'd win big and I'd had a good feeling all week," he said.
"On Friday evening we were sitting at home when I checked the time and thought the draw must have taken place by now.
"I took out my ticket to check the winning numbers and amazingly one by one they matched. I told Nicky, my partner, 'I've done it, I've won the lottery'."
Top of the National Lottery rich list are Colin and Chris Weir, from Largs in Scotland, who won a £161m Euromillions jackpot in 2011.
The second largest sum - £148m - went to Adrian and Gillian Bayford, from Haverhill, Suffolk, in August 2012.
The third biggest jackpot of £113m, in October 2010, was claimed by a winner who decided to remain anonymous.
British winners have claimed more than £4bn in prizes since Euromillions draws began in 2004.
Based on the Sunday Times Rich List for 2013, the man will become the 745th richest person in the UK, with a fortune that would narrowly outrank that of pop stars George Michael and Robbie Williams.
The newspaper estimates the two singers have a wealth of £105m each.
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