A National Lottery winner had to check his ticket three times in disbelief that he had won nearly £4million.

Jon Waring from Paignton in Devon looked at his numbers at 4am when he felt compelled to check his emails.

He said: "Something just made me check my emails, and I saw a message saying I had won a prize.

"After searching for the winning numbers online and realising there was only one winner, he knew it had to be him."

The Waring's scooped a whopping £3,966,543

The rock music enthusiast switched his tablet off, waited five minutes, then powered it back on to verify the numbers twice more.

When he woke his wife Lucy, she asked groggily: "Is it April Fool's Day?" To which he replied: "No, it's June."

The pair were unable to sleep after scooping a whopping £3,966,543, so they sat in bed, chatted and drank countless cups of tea.

The winnings will fund Waring's passion for rock music and motorcycles, where he's already set his sights on purchasing a Harley-Davidson trike.

Waring said: "As a family, we love rock music and now the world really is our oyster. We hope to get the chance to attend gigs up and down the country."

The family plans to dedicate an entire room in their new home to music, which will house their guitar collection.

Waring added: "We have not had a proper holiday together for a long, long time. It might be a trip to New Orleans for the music.

"We are really looking forward to booking something and knowing we can just go away when we choose."

The pair could not get back to sleep, so they drank multiple cups of tea

The lottery winner is also looking forward to watching Exeter Chiefs from a box and attending a Lions tour.

He stated: "It's a complete change of lifestyle, it won't change us, but it will change what we can do. And the pace at which we do it too.

"This win will just enable us all to slow down, enjoy life and of course hit that road on the sunny days ahead on our new trike."