EuroMillions winner Matt Topham’s neighbours ‘had no idea’ he’d pocketed £22M aged 22 -as racing-nut splits from wife

MATT Topham was just 22 when he scooped a £45million jackpot with his girlfriend – but neighbours “had no idea” about his big win.

The former decorator was a young lad when he bagged the EuroMillions windfall in 2012 with Cassey Carrington – but the lotto curse quickly followed them.

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The childhood sweethearts got hitched the same year and share three children together – but have now sadly confirmed their split.

Matt has moved on with girlfriend Amy Cox, and the pair have shown loved-up displays on ski trips and luxurious London date-nights.

The EuroMillions winner has also been spotted chauffeuring around the mum-of-three in his Maserati.

However, Amy is still living in a £130,000 house near Lincoln, which her dad owns, and driving a £5,000 VW.

News of Matt’s millions came as a shock to neighbours, one said: “We had no idea he was a lottery winner.

“He comes around in his Maserati so he must still have a bob or two.”

Another local added: “I don’t think she has ever worked because she is busy looking after her children, who are all pre-schoolers.

“She has had a few boyfriends so it would be nice if she found happiness with Matt.

“I don’t know how they met. We don’t see them out and about very often.”

It is not known why Matt and Cassey parted ways, but the dad-of-three did share a message on social media which read: “Sometimes, no matter how nice, kind, caring and loving you are, it just isn’t good enough for some people.”

Quizzed on the separation, Cassey told The Sun: “Matt doesn’t live here anymore.”

Asked if there was any comment she wanted to make on the split she replied: “No, thank you.”

Matt has tried to keep a fairly private life after slapped with a 16-week suspended sentence in 2021.

He admitted to careless driving following the death of Mary Regler, 75, in a car crash in North Cockerington, Lincs, two years earlier.

The EuroMillions player last posted a snap of him and Cassey in July 2021 — four months after the sentencing at Lincoln crown court.

Then, last year, The Sun told how a zoo bought by Matt and Cassey in 2020 — Rushmoor Country Park in Louth, Lincs — but it had “shut down” amid financial strain.

It was snapped up by Matt as a £600,000 gift to his mother-in-law Jane.

He used the jackpot to fill the petting zoo with horses, pigs, pygmy goats, llamas and ducks.

The couple also bought a falconry centre to house falcons, owls, hawks and a sea eagle at the centre, which Jane had run for years.

But the venue confirmed it was now “permanently” shut down not long after.

According to accounts filed to Companies House, as of March 2022 Rushmoor Country Farm Park had net liabilities of £422,139.

The document also stated that creditors include more than £1m owed to director Cassey, 34, though repayment will not be sought “until the company has sufficient funds to enable it to do so”.

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