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McGowan's Spar owners, Martina and Noel McGowan, along with their son Kevin and staff, celebrate selling the winning ticket
A Leitrim syndicate has scooped €1,005,000 in Friday night’s special EuroMillions Ireland Only Raffle, after purchasing the winning ticket from McGowan’s Spar, Kinlough.
The syndicate were thrilled to pop into Lottery Headquarters to pick up their life-changing amount which they won in the Friday, September 6 draw.
The Leitrim winners admitted that they did not realise that there was a special draw taking place on the night of their win and they assumed they had won the usual €5,000 Raffle prize.
“When I checked the ticket, it said that I had won big but it didn’t say the amount.
“Of course I went checking the results so my initial thought was that we had won the €5,000 Raffle amount but then I saw about the promotion for Four More Millionaires and realised just what we had won.
“The biggest challenge was convincing the rest of the syndicate that I wasn’t having them on.
“I think one of the responses I got was Shut the front door! The next thing to do is celebrate together!”
This win was the eighth top tier win for McGowan’s Spar, earning it a reputation as a lucky shop.
Last Friday’s draw kicked off a special promotion for the month of September which guarantees to see €1 million won across four weekends throughout the month in the EuroMillions.
These draws are on September 6, 13 and 20 and another in the Lotto Plus Raffle draw on Saturday, September 28.
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