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Sing it from the rooftops!
A roofer from Loughborough is singing from the rooftops after scratching his way to winning £1 million on The National Lottery's Christmas Millionaire Scratchcard.
Mick Bell has been working for himself for four years after a lifetime in the building trade, but isn't going to give up work. He intends to make life as comfortable as possible for him and his family, while still doing the job he loves.
Mick was working in the village of Woodhouse Eaves, which is, by chance, the village where he always buys his National Lottery tickets. He said, "I always buy my Lotto and EuroMillions tickets from the Spar shop as I used to live in the village. Occasionally I buy a Scratchcard and normally I put it in my wallet and forget about it for a few days.
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On this occasion Mick decided to scratch immediately, hoping for some instant winnings. "I started scratching as soon as I got back to the van and couldn't believe my luck when I realised what I had just done,
" he said."I immediately went back to the shop to get them to check it. They checked it for me and told me to phone Camelot and that's when I started to shake.
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Mick then left the shop to take in some air and the first thing he did was phone his parents. Mick, divorced with two sons, couldn't stop shaking, and his Mum didn't believe him at first. He said, "After persuading her that the win was true, I went back to the shop where the shop owner kindly let me sit down and calm down and allowed me to use his phone to call Camelot to confirm the win.
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Mick has some plans for his new-found wealth:
"I want to treat my family, my parents, brothers and two sons who have already got a wish list. I'd like a new house, a nice sports car and a new van for work. But I won't finish work. The win will make me and my family comfortable but I have worked hard to get where I am and want to continue.
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Mick has been a season-ticket holder at Leicester City for nearly 20 years and enjoys darts. Indeed the first thing he did on the evening of his win was to play with his friends, bursting to tell them of the news.
