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WEST Clare has produced not one but seven new millionaires, as the € 8.3 million Lottery Jackpot of March 5 was claimed on Thursday morning last.
Each of the lucky winners will receive almost € 1.2 million as a result of the € 24 prize winning ticket they bought in Miniter’s, Henry Street. Kilrush.
The secretive seven have elected to remain anonymous.
One of the lucky syndicate members spoke of the excitement the group felt since they became millionaires more than a week ago.
“Last Thursday morning I heard that the winning ticket was sold in Kilrush. I logged on to the lottery website and was in total disbelief when I saw we’d won.
“I couldn’t focus on the numbers. I thought that there must have been a mistake,” he said.
“I felt about 90 per cent sure we’d won, so I phoned the rest of the group and said, ‘I think we’ve won the lottery.’
Some of them thought I was messing and one said, ‘we’ve either won or we haven’t – there’s no think about it.’
It’s an amazing feeling. We’re absolutely delighted – it’s made millionaires of us all,” he added.
The lucky syndicate has played Lotto each week for the last two and a half years.
Their winning ticket was a mixed- play ticket and a Quick Pick was the winning line that landed them the massive € 8.3 million win.
The happy winners plan to have a quiet celebration and take some time to let the news settle before making plans.
This is the largest Lotto jackpot winning ticket to be sold in County Clare in Lotto history.
Over € 45 million in Lotto jackpot and Lotto Plus top prizes has been paid out in the Banner county since lotto began in 1988.