Lottery winner Michael Carroll that he won’t give any of the £9.7m he won on the National Lottery to his children.

Mr Carroll, 40, revealed that he has chosen not to give any of his winnings to his children because he wants them to “work for what they get”.

He was just 19 when he the National Lottery in November 2002 before spending his millions on drugs and outlandish purchases.

Soon after he was nicknamed the “Lotto Lout” and self-proclaimed himself as “King of the Chavs”.

More than 20 years on from his rise and fall, Mr Carroll said he had no regrets.

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Mr Carroll, who now works in a quarry, told the Sun that he has kept none of his jackpots for his two daughters and three stepdaughters.

Mr Carroll, who now lives in a one-bedroom flat in Elgin, Scotland, said he didn’t wish to put any money away for his children.

He said: “I don’t regret or wish anything. If you live like that you’re always thinking ‘Why did I do that, why did I do this?’ and I don’t want to live like that.

“No, I don’t wish I put some money away for the kids. My kids will have to work for what they get.”

Mr Carroll added: “I worked all my life before I won and work hard now. Even when I was at school I used to bunk off and I’d be on the strawberry field with my mum and nan.”

Mr Carroll explained that he has had several jobs in recent years including delivering coal and working in a slaughterhouse.

He added: “Any one of my bosses will tell you how hard I graft. I was at Walker’s biscuit factory for seven months and when I left there I was at the slaughterhouse for six years until they closed. I rose to the top there and loved it.”

Mr Carroll revealed his current role and said his children weren’t mad at him for spending all the money.

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He explained: “I was delivering coal for two years and I’ve been at the quarry for three years.

“I’m a yard foreman so I’m operating heavy machinery and stuff. My kids aren’t mad at me for spending the money.

“One of them joked with me and said, ‘I know where you spent all the money – cocaine and hookers’ and I couldn’t believe it. I said ‘How do you know that?!’ and she said ‘Duh, the internet’.”

Before winning the lottery, Mr Carroll was working as a bin man. In the following years, he went on an extreme spending spree.

11 years after, Mr Carroll was declared bankrupt having spent the money on lavish parties, jewellery, and holidays.

He has claimed that he has never been in trouble. He said: “I haven’t been arrested in 12 years.

“Since I’ve been in Scotland I haven’t been in trouble with the police. I’ve been a law-abiding citizen believe it or not.

“No complaints from neighbours, nothing like that, everyone around here is sound. All the nonsense is in the past. I’m 40 now, not 19.”

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