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Lottery winner, 42, still lives with parents after scooping £8million prize

A millionaire lottery winner who bought himself a Ferrari and Rolex watch has admitted he still lives with his mum.

Kursat Yildirim, 42, made headlines when he scooped up a €9.9million (£8.72million) prize last September in Dortmund, Germany.

Mr Yildirim, who is also known as Chico, dumped his girlfriend and quit his job as a crane operator before going on a massive spending trip and splashing out €1.5m (£1.3m) within a month.

Now he's admitted he still lives with his parents saying it was too expensive to buy a house in Germany.

He splits his time between Turkey and Germany.

He said: "I am happy living with my parents.

Kursat Yildirim says he still lives with his parents (Newsflash)

"They are here only for half the year anyway, as they spend the other half living in Turkey. But the bottom line is that with the price of houses in Dortmund it's just not worth it to buy."

He added that he did not like living alone and the offer from his parents was just too good to pass up.

He said: "They told me, both of your brothers are gone, we got a big living room, with three bedrooms and we would be really happy if you lived with us.

"To be honest I love it as well, I come home in the evening and my mum is there."

Kursat Yildirim when on a huge spending spree after winning (Newsflash)

In the interview, he also admitted that on the day he won his lottery jackpot, he had been regularly taking cocaine, drinking and visiting brothels and casinos.

He told how he received a call from a friend in Turkey who told him about his win after the pal checked the lottery numbers for him.

The ex-convict and now former drug addict then spent his winnings on a V8 Ferrari 448 Pista, a Porsche Turbo S Cabriolet, a penthouse in Istanbul, and went shopping at luxury stores such as Rolex, Prada, Gucci and Versace.

He has also reportedly purchased a 20-hectare plantation containing 6,000 almond trees in his native Turkey, and was even seen eyeing a yacht to add to his top-of-the-range cars.

In his latest adventure, he reportedly initiated a donations campaign named 'Chico, I wish', where one of his fans asked him to fund his penis enlargement surgery.

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