Philip Thomas Dunning, 44, and his partner Gina Meikle were left "in a state of shock" after winning £7,864,529 in Saturday's National Lottery draw.
The couple, of Bo'ness, Falkirk, are getting ready for the good times after a pal called them with the news as they were heading to bed.
Sandra, who matched the lucky couple up eleven years ago, knew the numbers that Philip regularly puts on every week.
Now, Philip and Gina, who used to work at Caledonian Produce in Bo'ness, before their cash-fuelled resignation,are looking forward to splashing their new found wealth on a top-of-the-range house and car.
Philip, who had worked at the food production factory for 15 years said it was a "fantastic feeling" to leave his job.
He said: "It's still quite a surreal situation at the moment and I still can't take it in.
"I'm in a state of shock but I'm sure over time it will become a reality.
"It will change our life but won't change our life as people.
"We were getting ready to go to bed when we received the phone call.
"There was no sleep after we received that phone call, we stayed up most of the night.
"The phone call from Sandra was quite short and simple, it was, 'switch on your TV -- you've won the lottery'.
"My work colleagues were absolutely ecstatic, they are just as thrilled as we are.
"It was a fantastic feeling.
"We've dreamt about it for years.
"We obviously weren't expecting the volume to be honest.
"We would have been quite happy with a lot less.
"The first thing we did was switch on the TV and we saw the numbers staring at us on the screen.
"We've not got any concrete plans but we will buy a new house and a new car.
"We went to work as normal on the Sunday morning at 4am and had the ticket sitting in my wallet throughout the shift.
"Every minute I was checking to see if it was still there in case I lost it.
"I went into work on the Monday morning as normal and first thing I did was hand in my resignation, as did my partner."
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