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Belfast man won €11m on lottery and went on holiday – dark side of win emerged on return

Irish Mirror

Irish Mirror

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July 2, 2026

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Belfast man won €11m on lottery and went on holiday – dark side of win emerged on return

Peter Lavery won £10.2million (approx 11.8m) on the lottery in 1996 at the age of 34, but the Belfast bus driver soon discovered that life as a multi-millionaire came with a dark side

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