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14:40 UK time, Monday, 22 October 2012

A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.

Paper Monitor is always interested in how the other half lives, so it was with intrigue that it turned to the revelations about what the UK's 3,000 Lotto millionaires did with their jackpots.

As might be imagined, property, paying off mortgages and holidays ranked up there. Winners have purchased 7,958 homes with their cash, an average of 2.7 properties each, according to the Daily Mail. They have also paid off the mortgages of 3,700 friends and families.

While £7,100 was the average sum spent by a winner on their single most expensive holiday.

But there were also some slightly more surprising stats which caught the eye of editors.

says the Daily Telegraph, which reports that rather than forking out on fast cars, one in 10 jackpot winners cashes in on a caravan.

is the Daily Mail's headline, which discloses that a third of winners splash out on a hot tub.

However for those still waiting for their ticket to come up trumps, the Guardian has some consolatory news.

It says the 3,000 UK winners have already , as well as having contributed £750m to GDP.

And let's face it, not everyone wants a hot tub.

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