Inside story of Lotto winner from council estate who won £10M… but lost it all

THE SUN

A LOTTERY winner from a council estate won a £10million jackpot before losing it all in tragic circumstances.

John McGuinness was working as a hospital porter when he won £10million in 1997.

After the win, he spent more than £3million on close family members, swapped his Vauxhall Astra for a £140,000 Ferrari Modena Spyder and bought a £500,000 seafront apartment in Majorca.

At one stage he had six cars on his driveway, including a Bentley, Mercedes, Jaguar and BMW.

And he bought a £1.3million mansion in Bothwell, South Lanarkshire, which he moved into with his wife Sandra and family.

He moved to another mansion just 20ft away in 2004 so he could fit a snooker table in.

But John lost all his winnings after a devastating turn of events.

The die-hard Livingston FC fan’s fortunes were left in tatters when he used his sudden wealth as a guarantee against the club’s loans.

It meant that he was liable for all of the football club’s debts.