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An incredibly lucky lotto winner who scooped £2 million says he almost didn't pick up a scratch card because of road works outside the shop.
Ian Black, 61, quit his 40-year job at the Pirelli factory in Calisle, Cumbria after he won the jackpot on his way home from work.
He went through his general routing of stopping at the shop to pick up a newspaper and scratchcard after finishing his night shift.
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But, Ian says he alsmot didn't bother carrying out his normal routine on his lucky day because roadworks outside the shop would have placed an extra half hour on the journey.
Despite this obstacle, he bought a Monopoly Deluxe scratch card.
After scratching the card, Ian rushed home to his wife Sandra, 55, and told her to 'come downstairs and check something'.
Ian said: “I don’t think I have even seen that many zeros. I kept questioning, is this really £2m?
"I immediately phoned work and said to them I wouldn’t be in that day, adding, actually I don’t think I will be in this week, or actually ever again.
“My boss, understandably, sounded really shocked and just said why, what an earth has happened?
"That feeling when I could just say 'I have won the National Lottery' is a moment I will never forget.
“Never did I believe I would ever get to say this. You always dream about it – but it just doesn’t happen to people like Sandra and I – well now we are proof it does.”
Now, the couple is planning an operation for their labrafor/Staffordshire bull terrier cross Meg who needs to have the bones of her leg fused together.
They also hope to buy a plot of land in the countryside so they can build their dream home - Sandra also
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