Overview
- On December 6, 2022, 165 players at Olmen’s De Pershoek split a €142.9 million EuroMillions jackpot, giving Johan, 63, and Wendy, 49, more than €860,000 each.
- They met at a winners’ meeting and became a couple, choosing to stay private and avoid conspicuous spending.
- They bought a roughly €400,000 home and an electric Ford Mustang, invested about one-fifth of the prize, gave money to Johan’s three children, and traveled to Vietnam, Las Vegas, Thailand and Canada.
- Johan kept working as a supervisor at Action Park Hasselt and as a football coach, and the pair still split restaurant bills with friends.
- Johan had a stroke in February 2025 with no lasting damage, as experts urge prudence and discretion for winners and a 2020 Oxford study links big wins to durable increases in life satisfaction.