Toni Henderson, 32, told how she lived "from payday to payday" due to the cost of living crisis gripping the country.
But her hard times are now over and she plans to buy a house, treat her mum and dad and take her son on the holiday of a lifetime to Disney World.
Toni thought she had matched five numbers for £1,700 in the Lotto draw on April 27, but then realised she had actually scooped the £1million jackpot.
She said: "I sat there counting the zeros, shaking in bed, my son was asleep.
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