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He eventually convinced her that it wasn’t a gag — the family had really become one of California’s latest lottery millionaires.

However, they faced criticism as payments would go to all pensioners - potentially including millionaires - rather than being targeted at those most in need.

"The SNP must not go ahead with plans that would rob poorer pensioners in order to fund payments for millionaires," Labour MSP Paul O'Kane said.

"It's not a good idea that we have a system paying a few hundreds of pounds to millionaires, and so we're not going to be continuing with that," he said.

Of course, the millionaires who own almost the entirety of the stock market will resist even a small percentage payback to the country that made them rich.