Meet the overnight millionaires from Aberdeenshire and Moray over the years

The National Lottery has celebrated its biggest ever win after one lucky winner scooped a £195million jackpot.

While the winner has not yet been revealed, the north of Scotland has had its share of big wins over the years.

What you you do if you won that kind of cash? Would you go public or keep it secret? Let us know in the comments below!

Here are some of the lucky winners from our area who woke up millionaires, and transformed their lives for the cost of a single ticket.

Meet the winners:

In June 2007, a north-east shop worker who had sold countless lottery tickets to local residents claimed a win for himself.

Neil Murray hit the £4million lotto jacket – and then went back to work stacking shelves.

Mr Murray, who was working at Kelly of Cults at the time, checked his numbers on his lunchbreak before completing his shift and then going home to celebrate with his wife over a Chinese takeaway with his wife.

£4.5 million and a bag of scampi

Robert McIntosh and his wife Susan, from Alford, won the £4.5million jackpot after he bought a ticket with a bag of frozen scampi.

They nearly missed out on the prize money after they forgot about the ticket and only got round to checking the numbers on Sunday after the draw.

Aberdeenshire couple won £4.5million after feeling lucky

Another couple from Alford, Sheila and Duncan Davidson won over £4.5million from Lotto in February 2012.

The mother-of-two was playing bingo for fun with friends the night before she won and bought a Lotto Lucky Dip the next day feeling inspired from her winning streak.

£1 million and dream getaway for new millionaires

George and Sandra Kinghorn from Peterhead went to bed thinking they had only won a few pounds but in reality had scooped £1 million from EuroMillions. This also included a dream getaway to one of Sir Richard Branson’s private islands.

A couple from Moray were able to start planning the perfect wedding after winning £1 million in Monopoly Millionaire online.

Wedding of dreams for Moray millionaire

Offshore worker Michael Innes, 29, and fiancée Megan Fulton, 25 celebrated at Elgin’s Mansion House Hotel.

The young couple said it gave them the opportunity to plan the wedding they always wanted and to look for a house of their own.

Buckie woman wins £1.2 million

Mandy Bowman from Buckie won £1.2 million in a jackpot from an online casino game in 2016.

The 45-year-old said it had “come as a huge shock, but a very welcome one.” However she added she was still going to maintain her farming lifestyle.

Aberdeenshire couple who nearly lost their winnings due to ripped ticket

Fred and Lesley Higgins, from Laurencekirk, won £57.9 million in August 2018. However, the couple from Mearns nearly lost out on their winnings after their winning ticket was torn.

Taking part in EuroMillions in July 2018, the couple needed to go through several verification screenings after the ticket was accidentally torn in two by a shop worker checking the ticket.

Mr Higgins had taken the ticket to their local Scotmid to get checked and the staff member behind the counter had “ripped it in two” believing it was not the winner.

The employee had to take the ticket out of the bin and hand it back to Mr Higgins who rushed home to share the news with his wife.

While it made processing a “little bit more complicated”, they eventually were able to claim the winnings.

Libby McRae from Ellon also won more than £2 million from Lotto in August 2012.