Leitrim syndicate collects €1m EuroMillions prize
The winners assumed they had won the usual €5,000 raffle prize and not €1m.
The Leitrim syndicate which scooped €1,005,000 in Friday night’s special EuroMillions Ireland Only Raffle have collected their winnings.
The syndicate were thrilled to pop into Lottery Headquarters to pick up their life-changing amount which they won in the Friday September 6th draw after purchasing their winning ticket at the Spar store on the Main Street in Kinlough.
The Leitrim winners admitted that they did not realise that there was a special draw taking place on the night of their win and they assumed they had won the usual €5,000 Raffle prize.
“When I checked the ticket, it said that I had won big but it didn’t say they amount. Of course I went checking the results so my initial thought was that we had won the €5,000 Raffle amount but then I saw about the promotion for Four More Millionaires and realized just what we had won,” said one of the syndicate members.
“The biggest challenge was convincing the rest of the syndicate that I wasn’t having them on. I think one of the responses I got was shut the front door! The next thing to do is celebrate together!”
There were also cheers and celebrations heard throughout the village of Mountnugent in Cavan this morning after Smith’s store was announced as the selling location of Monday’s 9 p.m. Daily Million winning ticket worth €1 million.
The Monday night win marked the 23rd National Lottery millionaire of the year to date with the winner also taking the title of 8th Daily Million top prize winner of 2024.
