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Plasterer Wins £1.4M Prize, Changes Life

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Ashley Jacques, a 29-year-old plasterer from Hinckley, transformed his life by winning a £1.4 million prize bundle in an online competition. Despite growing up on a council estate, he now plans to invest in his construction business and take his daughter on a dream family holiday.

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Plasterer Wins £1.4M Prize, Changes Life

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Leicester News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Plasterer Wins £1.4M Prize, Changes Life. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

A 29-year-old plaster from Henkley just turned his life around by winning a 1.4 million-pound prize bundle in an online competition. Ashley Jacques dropped just 50 pounds on tickets with elite competitions and scored big-a-luxury for Bedroom Home and Blackpool worth 800. Thousand pounds, a Rolls Royce Cohenin, a Lamborghini Huracan spider once owned by rapper Budzie Malone and a hundred thousand pounds in tax-free cash. He passed on a straight 1-million-pound cash option to take the full load-dry package drawn live on social media via a ball machine at the end of March the company's biggest jackpot ever. Growing up on a council estate outside Henkley was rough for Ashley. His dad battles multiple sclerosis, so he and his sister spent their childhood caring for him after his parents split when he was two. They got by but missed out on basics like nice clothes, trainers or family holidays that his friends enjoyed. Now a dad to 10-month-old T yellow himself, Ashley's still emotional about it all, saying

his little girl will have everything he dreamed of as a kid no more struggles like he faced. Despite the windfall, he hit work the next morning to stay focused, plans to pump cash into his construction business for new vans and gear, and can't. Wait to take T yellow on her first Caribbean family holiday after her christening this month. Cool news, powered by AI, this is Lester News Today, I'm Corey with The Storing.

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