A couple from Washington in Tyne and Wear are the latest people in our region to win a million pounds on the lottery.
It is the fourth big payout here in as many weeks.
You can watch the full report from Derek Proud below.
A factory worker and bingo supervisor from Tyne and Wear, who have won £1 million on the EuroMillions draw, said they had no plans to leave the jobs they loved.
Ian McCarthy and his wife Kim landed the windfall after their numbers were read out on the Christmas Day draw.
– Ian McCarthy"I did not find out on Christmas Day because we had family round and we were celebrating.
So it was 10 days later when I was upstairs with my son and we were putting up a new TV bracket.
I remembered I had the ticket so I put the numbers in and it said you are a winner. I did it again, because I did not believe it, and then shouted my son in and we hugged each other."
He then went to the bingo hall where his wife was working and went up on stage to tell her the good news.
The couple, from Washington, who have never been abroad, are now the fourth Lottery winners from the North East in the last month.
– Kim McCarthy"I said he was off his trolley and thought he was having me on.
I did not believe it until we went over to the supermarket and it said we had won.
I then went back to work because I wanted to finish my shift."
The couple, who have two sons and have been married for 21 years, said they only got their passports last year and their last holiday was to London.
They have played the Lottery all their lives and said they had no intention of stopping, even after their big win.
A couple from Washington have become the fourth big lottery winners in the North East in recent weeks.
Ian and Kim McCarthy from Washington checked their numbers ten days after the Euromillions Christmas Day raffle draw and discovered that they had won big on the day.
A couple from Washington have won a million pounds in the Euromillions Christmas Day raffle draw.
It was ten days before Ian and Kim McCarthy checked their ticket and realised that they had won the cash prize.
They both intend to continue working - Ian works at the Nissan car factory and Kim at the Gala Bingo Hall in Washington.
19 chemical plant workers, who work for a petro-chemical firm at Wilton near Redcar on Teesside, will each have a share of just over fifty two thousand pounds after they won on the lottery.
Their syndicate won one million pounds on the lottery on New Year's day.
A syndicate of 19 shift-workers in Teesside are celebrating after sharing a one million pound lottery win.
The group from Sabic UK Petrochemicals at Wilton, will each take away £52,631.59 after they won one of 25 EuroMillions Millionaire Raffle prizes on New Year's Day.
Many workers were on the night shift when Andy Oates, one of the syndicate leaders, checked their lucky dip tickets and found they had won.
He waited until fellow syndicate leader David Byers had finished his shift the next day before ringing him to tell him the news, and warning him to sit down.
– Andy Oates"I know it's cliched but I just couldn't believe it.
I was desperate to tell Dave first but I knew he was working and he wouldn't be able to keep it to himself."
– David Byers"I thought it was bad news, that someone had died and I said, just tell me whatever it is, and he said we've won one million pounds on the lottery.
It's a great way to start the New Year.
It's a brilliant feeling."
Mr Oates then gathered the remaining syndicate members at work that night and broke the news, which was met with a stunned reaction by the plant technicians at first.
– Andy Oates"There was absolute silence. I said could someone get excited? We have won one million pounds.
The next thing there was a massive roar."
A Gateshead couple scooped not one but two winning lottery cheques after a misunderstanding meant both of them ended up putting on a ticket.
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John and Karen Ord are in the money after putting on identical tickets using the same numbers they always have. They are all birthdays of members of their family.
It was the misunderstanding that netted a Gateshead couple £200,000. John Ord & his wife Karen each bought a lottery ticket thinking the other would forget, using the same numbers as usual. It turned out to be the best mistake they've ever made when they both matched 5 numbers & the bonus ball
