Les Scadding

Born in Bristol, Scadding and his first wife Rose-Marie had three children. At the time of his lottery win, Scadding had for some time been resident in Newport, Wales, where he lived with his second wife and co-lottery winner, Samantha Peachey-Scadding.[1] Scadding had been unemployed for a year before buying the winning ticket, and had overcome testicular cancer five years earlier.

In June 2009, Scadding and his wife won £45.5 million through the lottery EuroMillions. At that time aged 53, his wife 38, Scadding gave each of his three children from his first marriage an undisclosed seven-figure sum, but did not share any with their mother.[2][3][4]

In August 2014, Scadding presented a four-part TV series for ITV featuring Welsh lottery winners, titled "The Welsh Millionaires Club".[5]

In August 2012, Scadding succeeded Chris Blight as the chairman of Newport County A.F.C., shortly after accepting an offer to join their board of directors.[6] Just over eight months after he took the position, Newport defeated fellow Welsh club Wrexham in the 2013 Conference Premier play-off final to gain promotion to the Football League following a 25-year absence under manager Justin Edinburgh.[7]

On 18 June 2015, Scadding resigned his positions as both the chairman and a director at Newport County.[8] It was later reported that Scadding wished to spend more time at his holiday home in Barbados.[9] On 1 October 2015 Newport County Supporters' Trust took over ownership of the club.[10]