Con McSweeney from Mahon in Cork City, won €554,000 on Saturday’s Winning Streak TV Game Show (26 February 2011). Con spun the Grand Prize Wheel and won €500,000 instantly. Earlier in the show, Con won €54,000, including a holiday and a Toyota Avensis car. A grand total of €746,000 was won on the night by the five Winning Streak TV Game Show players who took part in this show.
The only other occasion on which €500,000 was won instantly on the Winning Streak TV Game Show was on 19 October 2002, when Agnes McKeown, St. Mark’s Crescent, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 won a total of €534,000. The amount in prizes won on that night by Winning Streak TV Game Show players was €637,650.
Con is married to Peg for the past 33 years. They have three sons and one daughter – Anthony, Patrick, John and Leandra. Peg purchased the lucky Winning Streak Scratch Card in Supervalu, Togher, Togher Road, Cork and decided to put Con’s name on it. They were watching the show on 19 February, with their grandson Jamie, when Con’s name was pulled out. There was great excitement in the McSweeney household which is still continuing after last Saturday’s win.
Con’s hobbies include river and lake fishing, watching soccer and doing some DIY. He has plenty of plans for his new found fortune including attending his nieces’ wedding in Rome in October this year, buying his wife a new cooker and helping out his family.
