A National Lottery winner who bagged an impressive £1million jackpot has revealed his bizarre hiding spot where he kept the lucky ticket safe.
Craig Haggie, 36, won the prize after an impromptu trip on his lunch break to buy a burger.
Whilst waiting for his food to be served, he popped into the shop next door where he bought a drink and two scratch-cards.
Returning home, he scratched off the tickets to discover that one of them had netted him the impressive seven-figure sum.
The couple, who have four children, have scooped a mega seven-figure windfallALLWYN/PAThe father-of-four said that he decided he needed to keep the ticket in an extra safe space.
He said: “My brother and I decided I should keep it close, literally, so we put the ticket in a plastic bag and taped it to my body!
“We must have looked crazy as he held the roll of tape and I twirled around to make sure it was stuck securely to my body.
“It didn’t last long as I quickly got very sweaty, and it wasn't staying stuck to me, so we settled on keeping it in a saucepan on the top of a kitchen cabinet instead.
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Craig said he kept the winning ticket safe in a saucepanALLWYN/PA“You clearly don’t think straight when you find out you’re a millionaire!”
Haggie's wife, Zoe, 33, was at work when he broke the news - but said she didn't think he was telling the truth.
"Craig is always winding me up, so I just didn't believe him," she said. "I was at work cleaning a client's house, and I had to finish before I could leave and meet Craig.
"I remember thinking: 'Is this real? Has our life really just changed forever?' I finished the house in record time - never has a carpet been hoovered so quickly.”
Arriving at her husband’s office, she quickly realised the news was in fact real.
'It was absolute pandemonium, my family were jumping around the office screaming' when they heard the news, Craig saidALLWYN/PA“I sat on the floor and cried. It was just the relief that we could finally sort our home out and get a bedroom for all the kids,” she said.
“We love where we live - it's a beautiful spot and the neighbours are brilliant but the bungalow isn't big enough for the six of us.”
The Haggies have been married for six years, and have four children aged between five and 11.
The family purchased a two-bedroom bungalow at auction nine years ago with the intention to renovate - and though they have been saving hard, they were still some way off what it would take to freshen up the property.
“We love where we live - it's a beautiful spot and the neighbours are brilliant but the bungalow isn't big enough for the six of us," they said.
