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Former bachelor lottery winner is now grey, grizzled and divorced

<p class="mol-para-with-font">He was once dubbed Britain's most eligible bachelor after bagging £11 million in the <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/news/national_lottery/index.html" id="mol-1e4ebb00-fc9b-11ed-b57e-5718791897db" target="_self">National Lottery</a> when he was just 23.<br> <br> But after 27 years that included a divorce from his childhood sweetheart, the man once known as 'Rollover Romeo' has been spotted looking grizzled and grey. </p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Karl Crompton, now 50, <a href="https://pay4d-gacor.powerappsportals.com/">Slot Gacor Pay4d</a> was snapped letting his grey locks flow as he played a round of golf with his friends at a course near Preston whilst donning a red Trump cap.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">C<span style="font-size: 16px;">rompton was one of the earliest jackpot winners when he scooped up his millions back in 1996.</span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font">The then-trainee at highstreet electrical goods store Comet had been earning around £100 a week shortly before he was thrust into the spotlight to gather his new-found riches.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">But now, almost three decades on, the father-of-two has been snapped hitting some balls with his friends and dragging his golf clubs around.</p><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-a20d766577bf7dd9" website height="949" width="634" alt="Karl Crompton, 50, was snapped letting his grey locks flow as he played a round of golf with his friends near Preston" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Karl Crompton, 50, was snapped letting his grey locks flow as he played a round of golf with his friends near Preston</p></div><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-8c6a536e59cec493" website height="951" width="634" alt="Crompton changed his shoes after going for a round of golf with his friends at a course near Preston" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Crompton changed his shoes after going for a round of golf with his friends at a course near Preston </p></div><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-23eab39f2dd02720" website height="936" width="634" alt="Crompton is pictured on a motorbike in 2001 as part of BBC series 'Secret Life of Happiness'" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Crompton is pictured on a motorbike in 2001 as part of BBC series 'Secret Life of Happiness' </p></div><p class="mol-para-with-font">Wearing a blue polo, Crompton appeared to embrace his political side as he tucked his flowing grey hair underneath a red baseball camp supporting former President Donald Trump. </p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Now bearded, the former retail worker is thought to have more than doubled his money since taking home his initial winnings.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Thanks to wise investments and an extensive property portfolio - including a £2 million home in Fylde, Lancashire - the former 'Rollover Romeo' is now thought to be worth around £22 million.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">A decade after his jackpot win, Crompton married his childhood sweetheart Nicole Roach in 2006.<br> <br> <br> <br> They had known each other since they were at school together in Blackpool.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Roach had a boyfriend at the time of the jackpot Crompton eventually got together with the nurse around 12 months later. The couple later had two sons, Ethan and Jenson.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">The Sun reported in 2020 that the two had split and Crompton no longer wore his wedding ring.<br> <br> <br> <br> It is believed that the now-aged lottery winner is single.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Crompton was living with his parents in a three-bedroom semi around five miles from Blackpool when his numbers came up in May 1996.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">He told the Sunday Mirror that it was his family who initially encouraged him to buy a lottery ticket in the first place.</p><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-bb150951a339b7fc" website height="951" width="634" alt="Crompton frowned as he tied his grey hair back and retrieved his golf clubs from his car" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Crompton frowned as he tied his grey hair back and retrieved his golf clubs from his car</p></div><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-da0c0650884f7c38" website height="951" width="634" alt="Now bearded, the former retail worker is thought to have more than doubled his money since taking home his initial winnings" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Now bearded, the former retail worker is thought to have more than doubled his money since taking home his initial winnings</p></div><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-7f851e7bebda873" website height="422" width="634" alt="Crompton enjoyed a round of golf with his friends at a course near Preston whilst donning a red Trump cap" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Crompton enjoyed a round of golf with his friends at a course near Preston whilst donning a red Trump cap</p></div><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-351d503cc9c19b21" website height="954" width="634" alt="Wearing a blue polo, Crompton appeared to embrace his political side as he tucked his flowing grey hear underneath a red baseball camp supporting former President Donald Trump" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Wearing a blue polo, Crompton appeared to embrace his political side as he tucked his flowing grey hear underneath a <a href="https://www.purevolume.com/?s=red%20baseball">red baseball</a> camp supporting former President Donald Trump</p></div><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-da0c403c9aaf736f" website height="952" width="634" alt="Crompton looked into the distance as he was spotted on a round of golf with his friends" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Crompton looked into the distance as he was spotted on a round of golf with his friends</p></div><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-17da41e7eebb6a79" website height="423" width="634" alt="Thanks to wise investments and an extensive property portfolio, the amature golfer is now thought to be worth around £22 million" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Thanks to wise investments and an extensive property portfolio, the amature golfer is now thought to be worth around £22 million</p></div><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-c58438a787daded" website height="423" width="634" alt="Crompton stepped back and carried the golf flag for his friend as while he putted his ball" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Crompton stepped back and carried the golf flag for his friend as while he putted his ball</p></div><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-589229510dddab4a" website height="422" width="634" alt="Crompton, wearing a blue polo shirt and red Trump supporting cap, swung his golf club" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Crompton, wearing a blue polo shirt and red Trump supporting cap, swung his golf club</p></div><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-1e58378adf002a96" website height="423" width="634" alt="Crompton bends down to place down a marker as he enjoys a round of golf with friends" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Crompton bends down to place down a marker as he enjoys a round of golf with friends</p></div><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-fb7060b4f849bf39" website height="953" width="634" alt="The father-of-two has been snapped hitting some balls with his friends and dragging his golf clubs around" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">The father-of-two has been snapped hitting some balls with his friends and dragging his golf clubs around</p></div><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-535a62d960602721" website height="423" width="634" alt="After almost three decades since winning the lottery, Crompton was spotted with grey hair and a Trump cap" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">After almost three decades since winning the lottery, Crompton was spotted with grey hair and a Trump cap</p></div><p class="mol-para-with-font">He recalled: 'My mum and dad and brother helped pick some numbers then I went out with my pals.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">'The next morning, I came downstairs to the kitchen and my mum said, "You're looking at a lottery winner. I've got four numbers and got £96 or something."</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">'So I looked at the numbers and my ticket.<br> <br> <br> <br> Even when Camelot later confirmed the numbers, I couldn't believe I'd won.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">'It was £10,903,198 - a half share of the full Lotto rollover prize' </p><p class="mol-para-with-font">In the year following his win, the former £100-a-week Comet trainee blew £3.5 million of his jackpot on luxury cars including Porsches and Ferraris as well as fancy holidays.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">In 1999, he bought 11 acres in Elswick in rural Lancashire for £500,000 and demolished a former hospital on the site.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font"><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=Crompton">Crompton</a> then spent £1.5 million building a 6,500 sq ft, five-bedroom house in traditional brick and stone, with a pool, security and entertainment systems.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">He moved into the house with Roach and their first son Ethan in 2001, and bought eight buy-to-let properties in the surrounding area.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Then in the summer of 2004, the couple spent £250,000 on a 16-year-old house in Horseshoe Bay, West Vancouver, one hour from Whistler ski resort in Canada.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">The three-bedroom contemporary property is set into a rock face with spectacular views - but the couple rented it out rather than using it as a holiday home.</p><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"><div class="splitLeft"><div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-4f462321ab456f35" website height="466" width="306" alt="Karl Crompton" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div></div><div class="splitRight"><div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-b1c6328231fe5113" website height="466" width="306" alt="Crompton's his childhood sweetheart Nicole Roach" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div></div><div class="clear"></div><p class="imageCaption">Mr Crompton (left) and his childhood sweetheart Nicole Roach (right), married in 2006 but have since split</p></div><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"><div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-58e45c3c12fb8b5b" website height="432" width="634" alt="Crompton is pictured outside his five-bedroom mansion in Lancashire back in June 2007" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div><div class="clear"></div><p class="imageCaption">Crompton is pictured outside his five-bedroom mansion in Lancashire back in June 2007</p></div><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-2e5d36a230828ea5" website height="445" width="634" alt="Mr Crompton (centre), his parents Patricia and Keith (back and right) and his brother Sean (left) celebrate the National Lottery win at Moor Park Golf Club in Rickmansworth in 1996" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Mr Crompton (centre), his parents Patricia and Keith (back and right) and his brother Sean (left) celebrate the National Lottery win at Moor Park Golf Club in Rickmansworth in 1996</p></div><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-b9fbd889c51c5bc8" website height="803" width="634" alt="Mr Crompton (pictured in May 1996) was a £100-a-week Comet trainee before his lottery win" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Mr Crompton (pictured in May 1996) was a £100-a-week Comet trainee before his lottery win</p></div><p class="mol-para-with-font">Crompton is now believed to live with his two children in a five-bedroom Gothic-style mansion just outside of Blackpool, <a style="font-weight: bold;" class="class" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" website Mirror</a> reported.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">The lottery winner previously told the Sunday Mirror in 2009 how he had mellowed since the early days of his big win.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">'You could say I've been there, done that.<br> <br> <br> <br> Now I'm happy just to wear the T-shirt,' Crompton told the publication at the time.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">'I've got a Golf and people keep asking ask me, "Why haven't you got a Ferrari?" But that's just not me anymore. I'm married with two kids and I've got everything I want.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">'Why would I want to go out and buy all that stuff again? Once I was sitting in a Bentley in a showroom when the salesman came over, looked me up and down and told me, "that car is sold".<br> <br> <br> <br> I went, "Oh sorry", and got out.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">'Then I said, "I'm just waiting for the salesman to bring me the Ferrari that was here because I've just bought it." You should have seen his face.'</p><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-9f19d6b401d19f5c" website height="951" width="634" alt="Crompton was spotted at a golf club on the outskirts of Preston for a round of 9 holes" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Crompton was spotted at a golf club on the outskirts of Preston for a round of 9 holes</p></div><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-fa67d76f771f79c2" website height="951" width="634" alt="Crompton held onto his car as he changed out from his golf shoes and into a pair of trainers" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Crompton held onto his car as he changed out from his golf shoes and into a pair of trainers</p></div><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-c5a714589762e0a2" website height="423" width="634" alt="Crompton tied his laces as he made the most out of his day playing golf with friends near Preston" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Crompton tied his laces as he made the most out of his day playing golf with friends near Preston</p></div><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-92d37a9eae35a59" website height="423" width="634" alt="Crompton embraced his political side as he was pictured wearing a red Trump baseball cap" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Crompton embraced his political side as he was pictured wearing a red Trump baseball cap</p></div><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-e7de7a6045e1811e" website height="951" width="634" alt="Crompton chatted with a friend as he packed his golf kit into his car after a round with pals" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Crompton chatted with a friend as he packed his golf kit into his car after a round with pals</p></div></div><br> <br> <br> <br> <!-- ad: website --><img src="https://contents.potofu.me/images/VQFCeh9F9Sgn.jpg" style="max-width:430px;float:left;padding:10px 10px 10px 0px;border:0px;">
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