It is hard to believe the scale of Foxwoods Resort Casino. By floor space, it is the largest in the world. Its gaming rooms, hotels, theatres and shopping malls tower over thickly wooded forests in this once sleepy corner of New England. It is a shining city upon a hill, to which 40,000 people a day flock - from New York, Boston and beyond - to play on more than 7,000 slot machines and gamble at hundreds of tables.

The Brit who won the GBP 26million EuroMillions jackpot is already a multi-millionaire, it was revealed last night. He is desperately trying to keep his windfall secret from everyone except his family. But The Sun can disclose he is the owner of a business empire worth millions, with investments in the UK and abroad. In Britain he is thought to own a GBP 4million gated property on an exclusive private estate and his cars include a luxury Rolls-Royce.