It took time for Mr Frazer's win to sink in

Robert Frazer, 58, from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, appealed to his son Alan to get in touch promising he would make him a millionaire after he won Saturday's Lotto Extra draw.

Mr Frazer won �14,265,140 on the draw which had built up after a four-month rollover.

His son Alan, 35, who works as a car mechanic in Endon, Staffordshire, told the Sun newspaper he had been "shocked" to hear of his father's win but wanted to see him.

"It's a massive shock. It's quite scary. I'd love to join him for a cold beer," he said.

Alan's girlfriend, Deborah Bolton, 36, told the paper: "Most of the time when you hear about Lotto winners they are people you don't know, but it's amazing when it is someone known to you."

Mr Frazer had made the appeal to his son at a press conference on Tuesday.

"I love him to bits. I'd love to see him, he'll be a millionaire.

"I hope he'll give me a ring tomorrow but I should probably get in touch with him before he gets in touch with me."

First marriage

He had last heard that his son had moved to Manchester.

"I think he's got a kid now and a wife, but I haven't a clue whether it's a boy or a girl," he had told reporters.

Explaining how he lost touch with Alan, Mr Frazer said: "He would come to my house and it was quite all right and then all of a sudden he stopped coming for some reason. We never had a fall out."

He said his son was just six when his marriage to his first wife, Ann, a hairdresser who has now remarried, ended around 30 years ago.

Mr Frazer said he and his wife Dorothy, 51, now plan to sell their house in the Heaton area of Newcastle, and move to the Spanish coast.

Total disbelief

He said: "We have often spoken about what we would do if we won the lottery and we always hoped of moving to Spain.

"We thought that if we could just scoop half a million, we could start a wonderful new lifestyle in the sun. This win has made it all possible and so much more."

Mr Frazer, who has been working nights as a taxi driver for 20 years, said he had no intention of returning to work.

Describing the moment he realised he had won, he said: "I felt my eyes glaze over and I kept shaking my head, trying to focus on the Teletext page to double check I had got it right.

"I then saw that only one person had won the jackpot but I still couldn't believe it was me!"

His winning numbers - 13, 19, 22, 29, 38, 41 - were the ones he had used since the lottery began.