![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-split-22m-lotto-win-with-my-mate-now-im-at-work-hes-probably-skint/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/jr-lotto-winner-mark-gardiner.jpg&description=A LOTTERY winner who split a £22million jackpot win with his mate is now back at work and says his pal is "probably skint". Mark Gardiner and Paul Maddison shared the £22,590,829 prize money equally in 1995. 3 Mark Gardiner, right, and Paul Maddison won £22.5m on the National Lottery in 1995 Credit: Alamy 3 Mark still has a hands-on role at his company Croft Glass Credit: Splash Now 61, Mark still has a hands-on role at his window company Croft Glass although it seems he is no longer in touch with Paul. Mark says fellow winner Paul - who he would not confirm if he still speaks to - now lives in Scotland and has become a Jehovah's Witness. He told The Sun: 'Everyone says he's bought a castle, he hasn't bought a castle, he's got a house with a turret on the end. Everyone said he bought a fish farm - he hasn't, he's got a river you can fish in. 'He's probably skint.' Mark spent some of his winning on a holiday home in Barbados, pumped £2m into his business and also bought his local football club in Hastings, East Sussex. He says he now owns one of the most respected businesses in Sussex. Mark said as well as the day-to-day of running the company he also does the "measuring up, surveying and putting in orders". Speaking outside his Grade II listed mansion in St Leonards on Sea, Mark said: 'I had Croft Glass before the win so I invested £2million into it. I was 32 years old [when I won] and I thought I was too young to retire. 'So I decided to invest money into the company. I wanted to see if I had the ability, the skill and the knowledge to take it further. 'It was a business but it was also a challenge. And we are what we are today. 'It was almost like a test to myself. It was like a test and I have passed.' He added: 'My secret to staying normal and sane, to keeping my feet on the ground, is because I kept working.' Mark, who still plays the same lottery numbers 27 years on from his big win, admitted he has occasionally 'skived off' over the years and doesn't think t){kind=link}
A LOTTERY winner who split a £22million jackpot win with his mate is now back at work and says his pal is “probably skint”.
Mark Gardiner and Paul Maddison shared the £22,590,829 prize money equally in 1995.
Now 61, Mark still has a hands-on role at his window company Croft Glass although it seems he is no longer in touch with Paul.
Mark says fellow winner Paul – who he would not confirm if he still speaks to – now lives in Scotland and has become a Jehovah’s Witness.
He told The Sun: “Everyone says he’s bought a castle, he hasn’t bought a castle, he’s got a house with a turret on the end. Everyone said he bought a fish farm – he hasn’t, he’s got a river you can fish in.