The unnamed winner is very lucky she didn’t put the bins out.
This is why it always pays to check your Lotto tickets before you chuck them. A Galway women claimed a cool €258,528 at Lotto HQ this week, but that money was very close to landing in the unclaimed fund.
The Mirror, and other papers, carry the story today of just how close the woman was to missing out on a life-changing wad of cash after a buying a Euromillions tickets in EuroSpar in Laghey, Donegal.
“I never play EuroMillions so I don’t know what came over me that day – I just asked for a ticket,” the fortunate winner is quoted as saying.
“I forgot all about it until a few weeks later when I saw a picture of the shop in the newspaper and the story that a winning EuroMillions ticket was sold there.
“But I couldn’t remember where I put my ticket. I searched the car – no ticket.
“I searched the house, top to bottom – no ticket. I looked in the recycling bin – no ticket. Then I searched the normal bin. It was due to be emptied the next day, so it was very full.
“I went all through the bin to the very bottom, and there it was – covered in onions, olive oil and garlic but still in one piece.”
We bet it still smelled pretty sweet and she now plans to buy a new house with the windfall.
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