A retired couple who scooped £1.1 million in a lottery draw initially thought they had won just under £1,000.
James, a 66-year-old former taxi driver, and Catherine Paterson, of Alloa in Clackmannanshire, believed they matched five numbers in Saturday’s Lotto draw, netting them £986.
But when their youngest son double-checked the lucky dip ticket on Sunday it became clear they had actually hit the jackpot and won £1,138,746.
Retired school cleaner Catherine, 62, said the news has not sunk in.
“I just couldn’t believe it. I was shaking,” she said.
“I had been excited when I thought I had won a few hundred pounds but to be told it was over £1 million was just beyond belief. We were all sitting there in our pyjamas in a state of shock not your usual Sunday morning.”
Catherine, who buys a lottery ticket every week, said: “We are both pensioners and have struggled with ill health so the money will be a great boost for us and help make our lives a little easier.
“We are going to take our time and think about how we will spend our winnings. We have eight lovely grandchildren so they have been getting to work on their Christmas lists already. In fact, so have our sons.”
The winning ticket was bought at the Tesco Extra store in Alloa.