My dad was sure I was kidding when I told him I’d won £180,000 on the EuroMillions – even I still can’t believe it

A SCHOOL caretaker's dada was definite his lad was kidding erstwhile helium revealed helium had won £180,000 connected EuroMillions.

John McDowell, 53, from Bathgate, Scotland, inactive can't judge his luck aft striking large successful the lottery.

The father-of-three won £183,257.40 connected September 6 and is present acceptable to alteration his beingness aft the "surreal" win.

"On the nighttime I won, I was conscionable astir to spell to furniture and had a speedy look astatine my telephone and saw an email from The National Lottery.

"I was going to disregard it arsenic I thought it would beryllium nothing, but curiosity got the amended of maine and I had a look and realised it said I had matched 5 main numbers and 1 Lucky Star.

"Everyone successful the location was successful furniture truthful I made myself a cupful of beverage earlier telling anyone - I past woke my dada up to archer him and helium didn't recognize astatine archetypal - helium thought I was joking.

"It's truthful surreal, I inactive can't judge it."

He's going to instrumentality his member overseas for the archetypal clip to walk a blistery Christmas successful Africa.

John said: "I can't hold to dainty my household - my member has ne'er been overseas earlier truthful the archetypal happening I wanted to bash was publication a vacation determination blistery and sunny for america both.

"I asked him whether helium fancied spending Christmas successful Egypt arsenic it would beryllium bully to walk immoderate clip swapping the acold Scottish upwind for determination lukewarm astatine that clip of year.

"He agreed, truthful I told him to get a passport ordered. It volition beryllium a truly peculiar holiday."

John is present besides hoping to discontinue earlier helium turns 60: "I perfectly emotion my occupation but winning this wealth volition mean I get to discontinue that small spot earlier and enactment my feet up sooner."

If there's immoderate currency near over, John volition besides usage his winnings to assistance his daughters get connected the spot ladder.

"I would besides similar to assistance my daughters program for their futures, truthful I'll present besides beryllium capable to assistance them to get connected the spot ladder erstwhile the time's right."

And he's readying to splash retired connected a caller car, and to get his parent a caller room aft winning

"I person been wanting to get myself a caller car for a while, but I've been putting it off, but I'll decidedly beryllium buying for 1 soon.

"I similar to question up northbound to get distant from it all, truthful I'd emotion to get an SUV-style car - possibly a Kia Sportage - to assistance maine explore."

He matched the 5 main numbers and 1 Lucky Star fig successful the EuroMillions gully connected September 6.

The winning numbers from that gully were 12, 14, 34, 41, 47 and the Lucky Star numbers were 3 and 4.