Mark Gardiner won 11.3million with his friend Paul Maddison in 1995 and the pair still have the same lucky lottery numbers View 4 Images Mark Gardiner and Paul Maddison National Lottery winners of £22.5 million (Image: Daily Mirror)

It's been three decades since Mark Gardiner, a glazier from East Sussex, scooped an eye-watering £11 million in the National Lottery – one of the largest jackpots in UK history at the time. ‌

The year was 1995, and the total prize pot stood at a staggering £22,590,829, which Mark shared with his business partner, Paul Maddison. ‌

Following his windfall, Mark embarked on a lavish spending spree, splashing out on a football club in Hastings and a holiday home in sunny Barbados. ‌

However, with hindsight, he admitted he would have done things d

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