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A KERRY man was at National Lottery Headquarters today to collect his €1m winnings after officially becoming the very first National Lottery millionaire in the Daily Million draw on Tuesday, January 23.
The delighted Kerry player who won the life-changing prize with a ticket he purchased online told of his shock when he received an email to tell him that he had won the €1 million prize.
He said: “It was Tuesday night, so I actually played a EuroMillions ticket online. At around half eight that night, I received an email from the lottery to tell me that I’d won €4 in the EuroMillions draw.”
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“It was sitting there in the account so I thought I might as well buy a ticket for the Daily Million draw on the same night. Shortly after that draw at 9pm, I got another email from the Lottery but this time there was something different about it.
“It didn’t tell me how much I’d won but it told me that I’d won big. I logged into my account, half expecting to see I’d won another €4, and I could never have prepared myself for the fright that I got when I seen that there was a €1 million prize on my ticket. It was such an incredible feeling.”
“I’ve managed to get over the initial shock of becoming a millionaire and of course I’ve also had to convince my family that this really happened! We will take some time out before we decide what to do with the money, but we’ll be sensible. We want to pay off our mortgage and some bills first but after that, we’ll focus on looking after family members as much as we can,” he said.
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