
A mother in a family who won 61 million (0. 113 billion New Zealand dollars)
On the European million lottery, she told her daughter to buy tickets after the tumor surgery "cheated death.
Sonia Davis, 53, and partner Keith Reynolds, 55, daughter Stephanie, 23, and Courtney, 19, are 30-year-old boyfriend Steve Reynolds, one of the five winners of the family syndicate · powell
They will get 12. 2m (NZ$22m)each.
Stephanie bought six Lucky Dip tickets on the night of the lottery after she received a phone call from her mother, who underwent a lock-eye surgery in Florida to remove the thyroid tumor.
Davis MS said: "I had surgery today a week ago.
Friday was the first day I felt, wow, I was healed, it felt good, it didn't hurt that much.
"I feel lucky to have cheated on death.
You just feel that we are together and let's buy a lottery ticket because we are so lucky.
Davis MS added: "I don't think we will win, but do it when you feel that everything is shining on you . "
"Her daughter bought tickets from the overmono garage in Monmouth, Wales, and was shocked when she checked the numbers on Sunday morning.
Executive assistant MS Davis and Mr. Reynolds, regional director of the company, graduated from the United States to visit his daughter and participated in the operation of MS Davis.
Earlier this year, she was diagnosed with a thyroid tumor.
Locked eye surgery around the world
Leading treatment center in Florida.
"We had a roller coaster for a week," Sonia said.
I had surgery on Wednesday and we didn't know how serious it was until then.
"They told me that it would be fatal if it was not removed --
I will lose my voice in at least a year.
"They gave me everything directly after the operation, so you can imagine us on cloud nine.
"We are excited to go home and celebrate our good news, and Keith is scanning his email to read information about the millions of euros in Europe for an extension.
She added: "He believes that we are the luckiest people in the world. after my work is successful, we will definitely win . "
"So we called my daughter Courtney and asked her to go and buy us a ticket.
"She was traveling and couldn't change her plan so we called Stephanie and told us we needed to buy tickets --
The rest is history.
"Davis MS was only 47 years old when her husband Malcolm died of leukemia more than five years ago.
Their neighbor near Monmouth said this afternoon: "Sonia has experienced so much and she has finally got some happiness.
"It must have been terrible for her to find a tumor, especially after experiencing what she did to Malcolm.
"Because we don't know anything, she keeps her health confidential.
"But I'm glad she's fully understood that winning the lottery must be a icing on the cake.
Daughter Stephanie said as she described her going to buy a ticket: "My car was blocked by my boyfriend Steve's car and in order to save time, I asked him to drive me to buy a ticket, instead of moving my ticket.
"After spending the evening with friends, she and Mr. Powell did not check the tickets until Sunday morning.
Mr. Powell said: "We are all joking about the lottery.
Steph remembers she bought a ticket.
She said if I shout down it means we won the lottery and if not I go to bed.
She cried.
"Miss Davis checked the numbers on her iPad and realized they all had --
A British Bearer won a 61-meter prize.
She said: "As soon as I saw the ticket, I put my hand on my eyes. I was shaking and I was crying.
I said to Steve, "I only said it once in my life, and I didn't even joke about it . ".
We checked the tickets about ten times.
She then called the mother who was waiting to board her flight home.
Sonya's mother said, "All I can hear is Stephen's crying on the phone, strange, muffled words.
I thought she told me her dog was lost.
Then I heard Steve shout "we won 61 million ".
"We put them on the speaker phone so both Keith and I can listen, but we realized that everyone in the airport could hear it, so we squeezed around the bin while checking the number and realized
I remember saying "If we can't go home, make sure you spend all your money ".
It was the longest flight of our lives.
Stephanie then called her sister Courtney, their fifth member of Syndicate, to announce the news at 1. 45am.
In describing their conversation, Courtney, who is studying psychology at the University of Southampton, said: "We repeat" Oh my God "to each other over and over again ".
"In the end, we had to say goodbye and hang up because we were so shocked that we didn't actually talk to each other. ' The family -
He's from Monmouth, southeast Wales.
They say they are still thinking about how to deal with 12,220,488 shares of their £ 61,102,442 jackpot.
Stephanie and her partner bought their first home together for Christmas, so they plan to finish the bathroom renovation and may be traveling to the Caribbean.
Courtney wants to finish her degree before deciding what to do next, but says she plans to buy an electric toothbrush and a new car to replace her Volkswagen Fox
Windows open, no air conditioning.
Her boyfriend Kieran, a student at Reading University, hopes she can fix the leak in his car.
Davis MS and Reynolds will share their victory with family and friends
Even though she wants a new oak tree
Frame garage of their home.