After discovering he won a magnificent £1.000.000 Euromillions prize, Richard Davies couldn’t even take a break to celebrate his victory. The fortunate hairdresser from Brecon had a busy day at his salon and finding out he scooped a major lottery windfall wasn’t a reason to keep his clients waiting.
Davies netted £1.000.000 in the UK Millionaire Maker Raffle on June 1st, after buying his ticket in the nick of time. Fridays are always crazy when you work at a hair salon and he made it to the store four minutes before the draw closed. When he came back next Wednesday, one of the clerks informed him they’re not able to cash his ticket. The amount was too large and Davies immediately called his partner Faye Stevenson and told her what happened.
“We were both in shock but I had a day full of appointments in the salon. As soon as I had a spare moment, I rang Camelot and was calmly taken through the winning process – I had to cut the call short as my client’s colour was ready and needed to be washed off!” recalled the £1.000.000 winner.
Davies has been running Chop and Change in Talgarth for the past 14 years, and he has no intention of slowing down. He and Stevenson have been going steady for a decade and they’ll finally be able to go on their first holiday together.
“We can’t believe our luck at all. I’m planning on carrying on at my salon but it will be great to start planning how to treat ourselves. We can’t believe our luck, really, neither can any of my clients!” said Davies.
