‘I’ve not become attractive overnight, just my WALLET!’: Bachelor factory worker, 58, scoops £71m on EuroMillions – but warns off gold-diggers as he vows windfall ‘bloody well WILL change him’

A metal factory worker is planning a spending spree but warned off gold-diggers today after insisting his £71 million EuroMillions jackpot win – the 15th biggest in UK history – will change his life.

Ade Goodchild, from Hereford, has his eye on a new house with a Jacuzzi, ‘a few staff’ and dream holidays to the Grand Canyon and the Pyramids after claiming a prize of £71,057,439 following Friday’s EuroMillions draw.

The 58-year-old told a press conference today in Great Malvern, Worcestershire: ‘I’m not one of these winners who is going to say this win won’t change me. It bloody well will, or at least I’ll give it a damn good go!’

Mr Goodchild, who is single and has now quit his job, was asked by reporters if he thought the money made him a more ‘attractive’ romantic prospect. He replied: ‘Anybody I think I couldn’t have pulled before has got no chance.

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Mr Goodchild celebrates his win this morning in the grounds of the Abbey Hotel in Great Malvern, Worcestershire

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Ade Goodchild, 58, is pictured during a Camelot press conference today at The Abbey Hotel in Great Malvern, Worcestershire

Mr Goodchild, who weighs 20 stone and is an only child, added: ‘There’ll be no more shift work for me. I want to travel, find myself a lovely new home, go to top sporting events, and try many other things besides.’ 

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