"The man purchased the winning Lotto Plus 1 ticket in Tesco at the Market Green Shopping Centre in Midleton on November 1. "I always buy my ticket the day before the draw, and on this particular day, I was doing the school run - nothing out of the ordinary," he said. It wasn't until he read in his local newspaper that someone from the area had won but was yet to claim their prize that he thought he should check the National Lottery app."
""I didn't tell anyone, not even my wife, and went to work as normal, although my head was absolutely scrambled. I knew I had to contact the National Lottery before heading home, just to be sure." Sneakily returning home that evening, the lucky punter quizzed his family members on the hypotheticals of winning a large sum of money, before making the big announcement."
""The two of us have been in a syndicate together for years, although I usually just give my brother the money and he does all the ticket buying and checking - he's the manager." They added: "I watch the Lotto draw live every Wednesday and Saturday. I have my ticket at the ready, pen in hand, ready to tick off the numbers. Last Saturday, at 8.10pm, I was already on the phone to my sister to tell her the news, it was brilliant.""
A Midleton man purchased the winning Lotto Plus 1 ticket at Tesco in Market Green Shopping Centre on November 1 and habitually buys tickets the day before the draw. He checked the National Lottery app after seeing a local newspaper report and initially told no one, even his wife, before confirming with the National Lottery and revealing the win to family that evening. The family plans to visit Disneyland Paris. Two siblings from Cork collected €292,572 from a Match 5 + Bonus ticket bought at Costcutter on Bridge Street and have been in a long-standing syndicate.
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