A Scottish man, who along with his wife, was the record-breaking winner for almost a decade, spent around $131,000 a week across the final eight years of his life. Colin Weir from North Ayrshire, Scotland, won a record-breaking $257.6 million. He was the winner of one of the largest EuroMIllions jackpots before his death in 2019, new documents revealed.

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Weir, a former cameraman married to a nurse, bought a 55 percent share in Glasgow’s Partick Thistle Football Club, as he had been a lifelong supporter.

Colin gave a five-figure sum to help pay for a prosthetic leg for a boy who had cancer.

Colin made a $3.1m investment, and his shares equated to $337k, which helped set up the Thistle Weir Youth Academy and a section of Firhill Stadium was named the Colin Weir Stand. In 2014 he also contributed millions to the SNP party and backed the pro-independence campaign.

Along with a $6 million home he reportedly spent millions more to renovate, Weir also snapped up three prized racing thoroughbreds, including an Irish mare named If You Say Run.

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The lottery curse reared its head in 2018, when he divorced his wife, Chris, after nearly four decades of marriage — and she took much of his fortune, according to The Independent.