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Former RAF medic can clear debts after choosing £300k over Lamborghini
A former RAF medic can pay off his mortgage and clear his debts after winning £300,000 in a competition he entered for £4.28.
Ryan Briggs, 46, from Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire, spent 23 years in the Royal Air Force, completing tours of Iraq and Afghanistan, before joining the NHS as a paramedic during the Covid-19 pandemic.
He was given the choice of a 2026 Lamborghini Temerario - worth an estimated £270,000 - or £300,000 in cash, after winning a competition organised by Elite Competitions, and chose the cash.
"I can now reduce my hours [at work] in the future if I wanted to. I'm fit and healthy now, but that can change. It takes a lot of pressure off," he said.
Ryan met his wife Kelly, a logistics mover, when they were both in the RAF, aged 19.
She left shortly after, and was planning to move back to northern Scotland - but instead the pair conducted a "shotgun wedding".
"It worked for us, because we are still happily married 27 years later," said Ryan, a father-of-two.
He said he had grown up with a "fascination" with planes after his father had taken him to air shows at RAF St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, inspiring him to join the RAF.
Ryan said the couple would use the winnings to pay off debts and treat their sons
As well as Iraq and Afghanistan, he also served in the Caribbean during Hurricane Irma - a category five hurricane that killed 55 people when it hit the region in 2017.