It's a bumper playtime for £1m winner who promised a toy shop

A MAN who promised to buy his eldest son a toy shop if he won the Lottery had to backtrack when he scooped more than £1million.

Mark Myatt and wife Trina, of Hemel Hempstead, instead took sons Alexander, eight, and Oliver, three, toy shopping.

Mr Myatt, 39, a builder, said: "I did have to do a bit of backtracking although he has still done very well. He now has the Lego Star Wars Death Star set worth £300.

"Oliver chose a huge Thomas the Tank Engine train set - you can't move for toys in our house."

The couple matched six numbers in the New Year's Eve draw to win a £1,014,308 share of the jackpot. Mrs Myatt, 38, a financial controller, had been at a friend's house playing Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? when the draw took place. The couple only realised they had won the next day at a family get-together when they asked if anyone knew the winning numbers. Mrs Myatt said: "I drove home to double-check. When I saw we had all six I was gobsmacked."