I won £2m on National Lottery scratchcard – it’s changed my life
Factory worker Ian Black, 61, nearly bypassed the store on his way home from a night shift because of roadworks.
At the last moment he had a change of heart and pulled over to go and collect his copy of The Sun.
As he was buying his paper he spotted the Monopoly Deluxe Scratchcard and decided to buy one of the £5 cards.
He scratched it in his car and was stunned to see it was one of just five £2million jackpot winners.
The dad-of-five screamed in joy and raced home to tell wife Sandra, 55.
Ian, of Carlisle, Cumbria, said: “Something was just telling me to buy it.
“I went out of the shop and sat and scratched it – I could not believe what I was seeing.
“I let out a scream and immediately drove home. As I went into the house I was shouting to Sandra to come down the stairs.
“She immediately thought something had happened to the dog. I said: ‘No, we have won £2million.’
“She thought it was all a joke – but then she looked at the card and almost fainted. Sandra just went white.
“To think I almost didn’t go into the shop on that morning because of the roadworks. I really was so close to just driving past.”
