A couple who scooped a £4 million Lotto jackpot have quit their jobs to buy a Harley-Davidson motorbike – after their shock win left them needing 10 cups of tea to calm down.
Jon and Lucy Waring, from Paignton in Devon, are now planning an easy ride into retirement after quitting their jobs and drawing up a bucket list for the ultimate golden years shopping spree.
Jon, 57 left his role as a radio operator at Devon and Cornwall Police after 16 years, while Lucy, 48 is working her notice period as a nurse at Torbay hospital.
The couple, who have a 15-year-old daughter, claimed the £3,966,543 prize from the May 31 draw after learning they were the only winners.
Now Jon plans to take a Harley-Davidson trike trip while Lucy wants to invest in a hot tub.
They are also planning to purchase a new family home in the same area, where they have both lived for their whole lives.
The family are all keen musicians and plan to create a music room in their new home where they can all play as well as listen to their favourite bands.
Jon said: ‘This will be the perfect place to display the family’s guitar collection – and potentially add to it too.
‘As a family, we love rock music and now the world really is our oyster – we hope to get the chance to attend gigs up and down the country. This win will just enable us all to slow down, enjoy life – and of course hit that road on the sunny days ahead on our new trike!’
Revealing the moment they discovered they had won, Jon told how they were so shocked they needed ten cups of tea to calm their nerves.
He woke up at 4am in the morning after the draw and picked up his tablet to check his emails.
He said: ‘Something just made me go to check my emails and I saw an email saying I had won a prize. I went to Google the winning numbers and noticed there was just one winner – and knew it must have been me.
‘I couldn’t quite believe it – I knew they were my numbers! I turned my tablet off – left it five minutes – and then turned it back on to double and triple check!’
The win was such a shock that Jon woke his wife, who thought he was pulling her leg.
Still half asleep, she asked ‘Is it 1 April?’ and Jon replied ‘No, it is June.’
He added: ‘We just could not believe it – there was no way we were getting back to sleep! We just sat and drank tea – we must have had 10 cups between us!’
Jon, who is also a keen rugby fan, said a box at Exeter Chiefs and a trip to see the Lions tour are also on his wish list, together with a new car, an Audi Q7.
He added, ‘It’s a complete change of lifestyle – it won’t change us, but it will change what we can do! And the pace at which we do it too.’
Jon said with the nature of his job, and Lucy’s, it has been hard to get holidays to match up and the pair don’t even have valid passports.
‘As a result of our shift work, we have not had a proper holiday together for a long, long time. We are now really looking forward to booking something and knowing we can just holiday when we choose! Perhaps a trip to New Orleans for the music.
‘It’s all the things you dream about trying and seeing but know you never will – until something like this happens!’
Jon has always played Lotto each week since the game started and now plays online. His winning Lotto numbers on Wednesday 31 May, 2025, were: 8, 11, 12, 16, 20 and 33.
