I scooped £2.9million on lottery but I keep getting asked the same irritating thing – I wish I’d never won it

A LOTTERY winner has admitted he regrets scooping the jackpot – saying: “Third prize may have been better.” Anoop, from Kerala, India, bought his ticket on September 17 after he took money out of his son’s piggybank – but he now regrets that decision. SumanTVLottery winner who scooped £2.9million says he now regrets winning prize money[/caption] He was planning on travelling to Malaysia the day after he won for a new job but instead found himself in the news. The lottery win was the highest prize in the state, and Anoop has since claimed he feels forced to move house so he can escape the attention. Anoop said in a video online: “I was overjoyed when I won. There were people and cameras at the house and we were happy.” However, the winner expressed that the media attention started to have a negative impact on his family and himself. He said: “I can’t leave the house, I can’t go anywhere. My child is ill and I can’t take him to the doctor.” Read More MONEY TROUBLE £4.5m Lotto winner's charity investigated for 'financial misconduct' The driver insists the most annoying outcome has been people arriving at his house everyday and asking him for money. He tells them: “I haven’t gotten any money yet.” But he added: “No-one seems to understand my problem, no matter how many times I say it.” His family have even had to stay with other relatives to avoid the limelight. The 250 million rupees will decrease to 150 million after taxes and the state government have said they will organise a financial training day for Anoop to ensure he spends his money wisely. Another lottery winner, Joshua Winslet, who won £13 million in the lotto when he was only 22-years-old, may have benefitted from the same financial advice. The former plumber quit his day job and squandered his money on drink and drugs inside his New Port mansion. A mum-of-two, from Birmingham won £3.6 million in July this year after buying a last minute ticket. Most read in News FACE THE MUSIC Shakira ordered to stand TRIAL over '£13m tax fraud' as she faces 8yrs' jail CLEMMIE MOODIE Royal Family survived Harry dressed as Nazi but now faces new enemy RAT DUMPS REFUGEE My ex ran off with a Ukrainian refugee we took in - now he's dumped HER WEMBLEY CHAOS Five injured after 100 German hooligans 'disguised as England fans' storm pub THEY MOS-GO Putin squirms as his last ally rants about THOUSANDS fleeing Russia over draft ALL OVER I left my wife for Ukrainian refugee… but now I’ve DUMPED HER However, Celeste Coles, 69, claimed she will be unlikely to make any rash decisions with her win. She said: “The biggest thing for me is knowing that I now have financial security and that my girls will have a more comfortable life.”