I won £3.6million National Lottery jackpot but small print rule means I won’t see a penny… life’s only gone downhill

A MAN who won a £3.6million National Lottery jackpot won’t see a penny because of a small print rule.

Kirk Stevens and his partner Laura Hoyle scooped £10,000 a month for 30 years in a Set For Life draw.

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But just a year after the lucky win in 2021, Laura dumped Steven and took all the winnings.

Laura, 40, moved alone into the £500,000 mansion the couple had planned to share.

She was able to claim the jackpot after the split as the winning ticket had been bought using her card.

The small print rule meant Kirk, 39, was left with nothing in a brutal reversal of fortune.

Kirk told The Sun: “Laura had told me we’d live the life of Riley if we won.”

He added: “People used to ask me why I never quit my job as an engineer.

“I liked having a sense of purpose, something to get up for each morning.

“But it was more than that. The truth was, I never felt secure enough with Laura to give up my job.

“I could feel her pulling away from me – and things went from bad to worse.”

Kirk told how he had let Laura live in his three-bedroom home rent-free if she paid £25-a-week into lotto on their behalf.

After landing the Set for Life prize in March 2021, Laura quit her job and the pair bought a Porsche Cayenne.

They also used the winnings to pay for Kirk’s post-grad engineering degree.

He said: “We had plans for the future. We were going to buy properties together and build an empire.”

But their relationship fell apart in 2022, just 16 months after their win.

Kirk said: “I wanted to try to fix it but Laura wasn’t interested. It was like the money gave her confidence to throw it all away.

“When it became clear we were not going to work things out, I asked her: ‘What about our Lottery win?’ She said, ‘It’s not ours, it’s mine’.”

The pair used to share videos of their spooky adventures on their YouTube channel, ‘K & L Ghost Hunters’.

Since their split, Kirk has documented his solo paranormal pursuits on ‘Ghost Hunter Kirk’, which has around 6,000 subscribers.

Laura made it “very clear” to Kirk at the time that the money was hers and hers alone.

She said the £1,000 she had previously been paying him every month was “rent” and not a share of the winnings.

Kirk said: “I just want ten per cent. If she continues to pay me £1,000 a month, I’ll happily walk away. She won’t even notice it.”

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