Monaghan scratch card player claims €300,000 top prize on All Cash Gift game
Saturday’s Lotto Jackpot set to roll towards €5.8 Million estimated
A Monaghan scratch card player was delighted to visit Lotto HQ to collect a cheque for €300,000 after winning the top prize amount on a €15 All Cash Gift Scratch Card. The winner was jumping for joy after purchasing their winning ticket at Cassidy’s XL store on the Dundalk Road in Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan.
The winner admitted that they did not believe what they were seeing initially after scratching their ticket.
“At first I thought it was €30,000 that I had won and then I started counting the zeroes. You never think you’ll be a top prize winner so I just don’t think that registered with me immediately. I got a total shock! I wouldn’t even consider myself a very lucky person to be honest but sure, here I am in the Winners’ Room so that might be changing now. I am absolutely over the moon and when the win finally sinks in, I’ll start making plans for what to do.”
There were celebrations at the Carrickmacross store after news broke that they sold the winning €15 All Cash Gift Scratch Card.
Anita Cassidy, who owns the shop with her husband Shane, said the entire team in-store was delighted to hear the news.
“This is the biggest prize that we have ever sold so there’s been great excitement about the win. We had a Lotto Plus 2 win worth €250,000 back in 2017 so this one is even bigger again. It’s great news for both the store and the community. We wish the winner the very best with their win and hope they are enjoying it!”
Photo Caption: Staff at Cassidy’s XL store on the Dundalk Road in Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan were thrilled to hear that they sold an All Cash Gift Scratch Card with a top prize of €300,000.
Meanwhile, last night’s Lotto draw saw over 61,000 players nationwide win prizes across the Lotto and Lotto Plus games. As there was no outright winner of the €5,249,016 Jackpot up for grabs, Saturday’s Jackpot is now set to roll towards an estimated €5.8 Million. Lotto players dreaming of being the next big winner are reminded that tickets care be purchased in-store, through the National Lottery app or at www.lottery.ie ahead of the 7:45pm cut-off time for sales on Saturday evening.
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