Celebration time: Lottery winner thought million pounds was pint of milk

A retired art teacher is celebrating winning £1 million on a scratchcard – after first thinking his prize was just a pint of milk.

Bill Bett, 69, has already bought a new house with his winnings and is planning to treat his family.

He bought the £5 Monopoly Millionaire scratchcard in his local Co-op in Markinch, Fife, on 1 June and sat on a wall outside to reveal the prize.

He said: “I always used to say no-one wins £1m on a scratchcard. When I saw the amount it didn’t really click at first. On the card it reads 1MIL and I thought what does this mean – I’ve won a pint of milk? I went back into the shop and asked them to check it.”