A YOUNG couple who pocketed a £45 million lottery jackpot said there is a "lucky vibe" in Notts – after they became the second couple from the county to win in under three weeks.

Cassey Carrington and Matt Topham, both 22 and from Stapleford, won £45,160,170.50 in the EuroMillions draw on Tuesday.

They follow hot on the heels of Mansfield Woodhouse couple Gareth and Catherine Bull, who won £40,627,241 just 18 days earlier on the January 20 EuroMillions draw.

Miss Carrington, a former pupil at Carlton le Willows Academy, told a press conference at The Derbyshire Hotel in South Normanton yesterday: "I do think there is some sort of luck in Nottingham. I think we've got some lucky vibe going."

Miss Carrington put their win down to the good luck she felt that day.

Staff at her Iceland store in Eastwood, where she works as a supervisor, won a £10,000 prize to share.

"I just felt fairly lucky that day," she said. "I'd won £10 twice, so I decided to give it a go."

The windfall puts them seventh in the list of the largest jackpots ever won in the UK.

But the day of their amazing win started out with bad luck when their washing machine and computer broke within minutes of each other.

The couple, who live in a two-bedroom semi-detached former council house, have been together for about three-and-a-half years and have been saving for their wedding in September, after they became engaged in June last year.