Dad wins £1m on scratchcard while he waits for a bus

Richard Carr, 29, had picked up the Merry Millionaire card while he was wating to travel to his job as a hotel general assistant.

Despite his windfall, he continued on his way to work - and even finished his shift with the winning scratcard tucked in a pocket of his uniform.

Mr Carr said he would now quit his job - and is looking to buy a house near his family in Gloucstereshire.

At the The Campanile Hotel in Doncaster, where he still works, Mr Carr said: “I absolutely love working here but this is a

once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and I’m very lucky to now being able to step back from work for a while.

“Most of my family live down South so I’d like to look at buying a house closer to them.

“Having lived in a hotel for many years, it will be amazing to have my own front door. And to have mortgage free house under 30 is unheard of.

“I lived in the hotel to save money but now to have my own space, and somewhere my son can help me decorate, is a dream come true.

“I’m also a bit of a car fanatic and would like to splash out on some new wheels it will probably be something sensible like a VW Polo of Golf, but I would love to get an Aston Martin.”

Mr Carr said he had just dropped his seven-year-old son home when he decided to treat himself to a scratchcard to kill time.

“I walked out of the shop and started scratching the second game panel when I glanced down and saw that the symbols matched and they were worth £1 million.

“I ran back inside and thrust the card at the girl behind the counter - I think she thought I’d lost my mind as I could barely speak and must have looked like a madman.

“She ran it through the system and sure enough the instructions said that I had to contact Camelot so I knew that something huge had just happened,” he said.