A Dublin Lotto winner who took almost three months to claim his whopping €250,000 prize has revealed he "knew all along" that he had won.
The man, who wishes to stay anonymous, recently claimed his Lotto Plus 2 top prize from November just days before it expired. Lotto winners have 90 days from the draw date to claim their prizes before the money goes back to the National Lottery.
The winner said the ticket had been in his bedside drawer for the past couple of months. “I knew all along that I’d won but I just wanted a little bit of time to let it sink in," he said.
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"I threw the ticket in a bedside drawer and left it there for the couple of months while I thought about how I might spend it. Then I started reading and hearing urgent calls being made by the National Lottery asking Dublin players to check their tickets.
"I thought I better ring this crowd soon as they seem to be worrying!”
The winning quick normal play ticket was purchased on Monday 14th November at Maxol service station, Ringsend Road, Dublin 4. When asked about how he might spend his winnings, the winner replied, “Well I’ve had time to think about it and I plan to spend every penny and enjoy it, but I’m not telling you how!”.
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