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Jackpot winner now lifting eight-stone bags and chopping wood to make a living

Mickey Carroll bagged a mammoth £9.7m jackpot when he was just 19,

Lotto lout Michael Carroll has landed himself a £10-an-hour job after blowing his £10million fortune.

The 35-year-old now starts work at 6am every day chopping wood and lifting bags of coal for a fuel merchant's firm.

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