Positive thinking pays off for Paul Kibler

Descriptor: We begin with shots of members of the press and Marie and Paul Kibler, who are holding an oversized cheque above their heads. We then see various close-ups, including one of the cheque showing the winning Lotto amount, which is £2,194,776. We then see inside the press conference where the cheque is placed on a table. Cameras are focused on the winning couple who are sat down, describing their winning experience. Interspersed are more shots of reporters and photographers.

Paul Kibler: I said to the wife, I said, em, I’m going to check me lottery, so the wife went to, to bed like, and em, four numbers I recognised that I’d got, I counted them and I thought, “oh I’ve got six numbers”. I said, “I think you’d better check these” I said, she says, “you can’t have!” I… I… I never slept until Wednesday night, I didn’t sleep at all. I mean the wife slept, I mean she was snoring away [Marie and the audience laugh]. But em, you know.

Descriptor: We now see more shots of Marie and Paul Kibler outside celebrating with their cheque and glasses of champagne, before returning to the press conference indoors.

Paul Kibler: When we did ring Camelot up and he checked me numbers, he said… [Paul’s voice breaks with emotion] …he said, em, “yes, you’ve, you’ve won the jackpot!”

Marie Kibler: We both cried, you know, didn’t we, because we couldn’t believe it.

Paul Kibler: No.

Descriptor: We’re back outside and Paul Kibler is shaking a bottle of champagne. We see slow-motion shots of him doing this, before once again returning to the press conference indoors.

Paul Kibler: It means that my wife can, can, em, give up her job now.

Marie Kibler: Which I have, I’ve retired this morning! [laughs]

Descriptor: We now see more shots of the couple celebrating outside, with Marie Kibler kissing her husband on the cheek. We also see them being interviewed by a reporter, before returning to the conference indoors.

Paul Kibler: Well obviously we’re going to pay the mortgage off first, and then, we are going to move house, and then em, I’m going to buy myself a new car, my dream car, em, a Mercedes.

Descriptor: We now see more shots of the couple once again celebrating outside, with glasses of champagne, before returning to the conference indoors. As we hear Paul Kibler speak, we see more shots of the couple celebrating outside with gathered members of the press and media.

Paul Kibler: I’ve been doing the lottery for probably about 17, 18 years. I’d never miss it, even if I was going away I’d make sure I did put my lottery on, you know, in case I didn’t put it on and I won like. I have three lines and, yeah, I stick to the same numbers every week and I never change them.

Descriptor: We now see a shot of a photographer, before seeing Marie and Paul Kibler being interviewed outside.

Paul Kibler : I nearly died last year and, you know it brings [Paul’s voice breaks with emotion], it brings it all back like, you know.

Marie Kibler: How lucky we are and…

Paul Kibler: So, today’s been the icing on the cake, really.

Descriptor: We now see a shot of the couple holding their oversized cheque above their heads, with a close-up of two National Lottery champagne glasses. We then finish on a black and white freeze-frame of Marie and Paul Kibler.

Marie Kibler: You never think it will be you. You couldn’t tell people what it’s like really. It’s just absolutely wonderful.