It was a busy morning in the National Lottery Winner’s Room in Dublin today as more than €647,000 was paid out to winners in three separate claims. Among them was a man from Leinster who discovered he was carrying a EuroMillions ticket worth €500,000 in his wallet for more than two weeks before he realised his big win. The lucky player, who visited the Winner’s Room with his partner, revealed that he had been walking around for a couple of weeks with the ticket in his wallet before checking it. “Usually I check my tickets pretty much straight away after a draw either on the app or in the local shop. [quote]I checked on my phone straight away and saw that it was a winner.

Source: Evening echo October 16, 2018 15:22 UTC