An American lottery winner who follows the Wiccan religion has decided to use part of his $49million winnings to set up his very own school of witchcraft and wizardry.


Elwood 'Bunky' Bartlett, an accountant from Nottingham in Maryland and high priest of Wicca, attributed his win earlier this month to Wicca, and specifically to the Mystickal Voyage new age shop.

He claimed that he had made bargains with the many, many gods of Wicca in return for his win. 'You let me win the lottery and I'll teach,' is the deal he is said to have struck.

And now he says that he's going to make good on the promise, establishing a school for witches in Maryland, tentatively titled the Willow Springs Sanctuary.

He has also made donations to Mystikal Voyage, a group dedicated to preserving Stonehenge, and to a group of Special Olympics athletes.