THE father of a woman who scooped a £2.2m national lottery jackpot says the win will not change his daughter.

Fitness instructor Nicola Otterburn was watching the lottery draw on TV at work in Leeds when she realised she had picked the winning numbers.

But her dad, Helmsley cattle dealer John Otterburn, said his daughter is not planning on making any dramatic changes to her life.

"It is pleasant surprise - you just don't expect it to be someone you know," he said.

"I was one of the first people she phoned once she had seen all her numbers. At first I told her to calm down.

"My first thought was that maybe she'd been mistaken and I told her to go and check again.

"But sure enough the numbers were right which means she's going to get a share of more than £2 million." Nicola, 30, is a former pupil of Ryedale School, in Nawton, but moved to Leeds after graduating from Scarborough Technical College.

"She's been there ever since but she does come home quite often," said Mr Otterburn.

"In fact she's coming home for Christmas so it'll be a nice change having a millionaire in the house."

Mr Otterburn said Nicola was thimking of buying a Range Rover and planned to take her eight-year-old niece, Laura, to Lapland for Christmas.

Updated: 17:29 Tuesday, December 04, 2001