As the Lotto jackpot continues to soar after nine straight rollovers, reports have emerged that Wayne Rooney, England’s wealthiest footballer, is a huge fan of the game. The Manchester United and England captain apparently plays Lotto on a regular basis. Despite being worth an estimated £80 million, the Liverpool-born lad still seems to be working-class at heart and regularly gets his friends to buy him tickets.
Rooney’s current deal at Manchester United reportedly earns him between £260,000 and £300,000 a week, making him the wealthiest Englishman currently playing the sport. Couple this with the fact that he is the fifth-richest footballer on the planet and would not even double his fortune with a Lotto win and you begin to get a sense of the man’s enormous fortune. Nevertheless, the 30-year-old striker still fantasises about snapping up the Lotto jackpot.
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