![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-won-6-5m-in-lotto-lost-it-all/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/newspress-collage-23361065-1691221189232.jpg&description=THE country's first lottery winner to end up behind bars has now found inner peace as a painter and decorator. Lee Ryan scooped £6.5million on the Lotto in March 1995 - though at the time he was awaiting trial for handling stolen cars. 6 Lee ties the knot surrounded by expensive toys bought during a spending spree Credit: Rex 6 Lee had a penchant for Ducati motorbikes and helicopters Credit: collect 6 At one point Lee ended up on the streets Credit: Collect 6 Lee Ryan was dubbed the 'Lotto Lag' after a jail term for handling stolen cars Credit: Peter Jordan - The Sun Later that same year he was jailed for 18 months, serving nine - earning himself the "Lotto Lag" nickname. Lee, who later lost all the cash and ended up the streets described the big in as a "curse." But he now calls himself as "a spiritual billionaire", the Mirror reports, while renovating an upmarket home in Chiswick, west London. The Leicester man, who is now working as a labourer , said: "I'm the happiest I've ever been." After Lee came out his prison to start spending some of his winnings on flash cars and other toys his life started to spiral out of control. His new home was kitted out with a swimming pool, tennis court, sauna, Jacuzzi and games room - while he also bought two Ducati superbikes, a £125,000 plane and a £235,000 Bell JetRanger helicopter. Yet he and Karen split in 2003 and he went on to lose £2million in failed business ventures and property investments, after moving to Kyrgyzstan in central Asia with new girlfriend Jyldyz Djangaracheva. A housekeeper stole £40,00 from him, an arsonist targeted his £145,000 Ferrari and the 40-acre grounds of his former mansion saw a £15,000 caravan burned down. At one point he considered an armed robbery but decided to hand in his shotgun during an amnesty to avoid a return to prison. Lee, now living in Twickenham in south-west London, said : "Apart from death you can't get much more rock bottom than being homeless, so I tested myself and it's all g){kind=link}
THE country’s first lottery winner to end up behind bars has now found inner peace as a painter and decorator.
Lee Ryan scooped £6.5million on the Lotto in March 1995 – though at the time he was awaiting trial for handling stolen cars.
Later that same year he was jailed for 18 months, serving nine – earning himself the “Lotto Lag” nickname.
Lee, who later lost all the cash and ended up the streets described the big in as a “curse.”
But he now calls himself as “a spiritual billionaire”, the Mirror reports, while renovating an upmarket home in Chiswick, west London.