Gran who won £1m on National Lottery scratchcard quits job and plans wild Las Vegas trip

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National Lottery scratchcard - and the first thing she did was retire from her warehouse job and plan a wild trip to Las Vegas.

While the lucky lady, Sandy Doyle, 58, from Salisbury, may still be coming to terms with the incredible news she is very clear that her nearest and dearest will also benefit from the win.Sandy said: "I’ll be helping out my two daughters and my grandkids too, I think the first treat for us all will be a trip to the beach for the Easter holidays where we can have fun and take some time to plan the future."Sandy’s exciting new future began when she popped to the local shop early on Sunday morning (April 10) to pick up a copy of the paper and treated herself to two Match A Million National Lottery Scratchcards.One scooped her a £10 win, the other made her a millionaire!Sandy said: "Once home I popped the kettle on for a cup of coffee and decided to scratch my scratchcards."When I revealed the £1MIL sign on the first Match A Million, I didn’t believe it so I put it to one side, and played the other.

I saw I had won £10 on that scratchcard, which I did believe!"I then looked back at the other one, rubbed my eyes and signed the back just in case.

I’m an early riser so it was nerve-wracking waiting for the National Lottery phone lines to open at 9am. I called one of my daughters who didn’t believe me - to be fair, I’m not sure I did either."After checking it with Camelot, and having the confirmation that she was in fact a millionaire, the first thing Sandy did was retire from her work as a warehouse operative.Sandy said: "I didn’t retire to swan about living the millionaire life.