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Lottery winner of £10,000 a month for the next 30 years dumped by his partner and cut from the jackpot

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Updated 10:36 26 Aug 2022 GMT+1Published 10:14 26 Aug 2022 GMT+1

Lottery winner of £10,000 a month for the next 30 years dumped by his partner and cut from the jackpot

He claims he paid the rent while she bought lotto tickets, but after landing the jackpot she's now gone her own way with the money

Jake Massey

Jake Massey

In March 2021, Kirk Stevens was on top of the world.

He and his partner, Laura Hoyle, had won the National Lottery's 'Set For Life' draw, meaning £10,000 a month would be coming their way for the next 30 years.

He popped the champagne, posed with the massive cheque, and dreamt of their future together.

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But earlier this summer, Laura left him - taking the remainder of the £3.6 million jackpot with her.

Kirk Stevens and Laura Hoyle had much to celebrate after winning the National Lottery.
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"Laura had told me we’d live the life of Riley if we won," the 39-year-old told The Sun. "Now she's gone.

"She pulled the plug and took everything. She even wants our two dogs."

Kirk, from Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, said that Laura moved into his home after they met through a friend in 2018.

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"She asked me how much rent I wanted, but as far as I was concerned she was my girlfriend," he recalled.

"I didn’t expect her to pay rent, I didn't ask her for a penny.

"Instead, she told me she'd buy us Lottery tickets. She spent around £25 a week and told me that if we won, we would both live it up.

"Our arrangement was never any more formal but I didn't think I needed anything more. We were a couple, living together in my home. Besides, I never expected to win."

But when the big win did come, well, it looked like they were set for life.

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He claims she's trying to take their dogs too.
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Engineer Kirk said: "Both our names were on the cheque we posed with for pictures and every press release from [National Lottery operator] Camelot talked about both of us winning the prize together.

"Laura immediately quit her job and we bought a Porsche Cayenne. It was a really exciting time.

"I suppose you could say we were semi-sharing the money then. Laura was paying me £1,000 a month from the winnings and she encouraged me to pursue my master’s degree in mechanical engineering. I would never have done it but Laura said she would pay off my student loan.

"We had plans for the future. We were going to buy properties together and build an empire."

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The couple broke up this summer and Laura has moved out.
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Kirk had his sights set on marriage and even bought an engagement ring, but their relationship began hitting rough patches and he postponed his proposal.

And after a friend's wedding in June, she called time on their relationship before moving into a new build home they had put a £500,000 deposit on after the win. Kirk claims that she also stopped making the £1,000 monthly payments too.

Laura has declined to comment on Kirk's version of events and lottery operator Camelot confirmed to LADbible that - despite the names on the fake cheque used for publicity - all Lotto wins are paid to an individual, even in a syndicate, and the winning account used was Laura's.

Kirk said: "I just want 10 percent. If she continues to pay me £1k a month, I'll happily walk away. She won't even notice it."

Featured Image Credit: SWNS

Topics: UK News, National Lottery

Jake Massey
Jake Massey

Jake Massey is a journalist at LADbible. He graduated from Newcastle University, where he learnt a bit about media and a lot about living without heating. After spending a few years in Australia and New Zealand, Jake secured a role at an obscure radio station in Norwich, inadvertently becoming a real-life Alan Partridge in the process. From there, Jake became a reporter at the Eastern Daily Press. Jake enjoys playing football, listening to music and writing about himself in the third person.

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