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Published 15:59 26 Aug 2022 BST
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Kirk Steven and Laura Hoyle toasting the lottery win (Image: SWNS)[/caption]
The happy couple were pictured holding up a massive check and popping champagne - raising a toast to their incredible future together.
But earlier this year, Laura, 40, dumped Kirk, 39, and allegedly took the rest of the £3.6 million with her.
Speaking to The Sun, Kirk said: "Laura had told me we’d live the life of Riley if we won. Now she's gone. She pulled the plug and took everything. She even wants our two dogs."
Laura Hoyle, Kirk Stevens and their two dogs (Image: SWNS)[/caption]
The engineer from Nottinghamshire explained how Laura moved into his home with him after they met through a friend in 2018. He claims Laura asked how much he wanted for rent, but as far as he was concerned, she was his girlfriend, so he "didn't ask her for a penny".
Instead, Laura started buying the pair lottery tickets, spending around £25 a week. Kirk claims that Laura told him the couple would "both live it up" if they won.
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Laura's on video call with work colleagues when she found out she had won the tax-free money (Image: SWNS)[/caption]
"Our arrangement was never any more formal but I didn't think I needed anything more," Kirk said, "We were a couple, living together in my home. Besides, I never expected to win."
Of course, the couple did win, and they won big. Kirk said it was a "really exciting time" when Laura immediately quit her job and they bought a Porsche Cayenne. They even set up a ghost hunting business together.
Kirk noted how both of their names were printed on the fake cheques the couple posed with for press pictures at the time, and that "every press release from [National Lottery operator] Camelot talking about both of us winning the prize together".
But Camelot confirmed to JOE that all big National Lottery wins are paid to the individual who purchased or owns the ticket, and that the large cheques are merely a prop for photos.
Kirk and Laura are no longer an item (Image: SWNS)[/caption]

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