Monaghan Lotto player in ‘total shock’ at winning €300k on €15 scratch card
Joyous staff members from Cassidy’s XL in Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan crack open a bottle of champagne in celebration at news the store sold an All Cash Gift scratch card with a top prize of €300,000. Photo: Pat Byrne / Mac Innes Photography
Aiste Aliukone, Aoife Cassidy, Anita Cassidy, Kelly Smith and Annmarie Browne express their delight for the winning scratch card holder. Photo: Pat Byrne / Mac Innes Photography
A Monaghan scratch card player is celebrating a €300,000 cash windfall after scooping the top prize on a €15 Lotto game.
The winning scratch card holder was left in “total shock” after purchasing the winning ticket at Cassidy’s XL store on the Dundalk Road in Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan.
The six figure win came courtesy of a €15 All Cash Gift scratch card, a revelation which left the ecstatic winner jumping for joy.
A spokesperson for the National Lottery told of how the winner initially did not believe what they were seeing initially after scratching their ticket.
“At first I thought it was €30,000 that I had won and then I started counting the zeroes,” said the winning ticketholder.
Aiste Aliukone, Aoife Cassidy, Anita Cassidy, Kelly Smith and Annmarie Browne express their delight for the winning scratch card holder. Photo: Pat Byrne / Mac Innes Photography
“You never think you’ll be a top prize winner so I just don’t think that registered with me immediately. I got a total shock.
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“I wouldn’t even consider myself a very lucky person to be honest but sure, here I am in the Winners’ Room so that might be changing now. I am absolutely over the moon and when the win finally sinks in, I’ll start making plans for what to do.”
Not surprisingly, details surrounding the win sparked exuberant celebrations at the Carrickmacross based store.
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Anita Cassidy, who owns the shop with her husband Shane, said the entire team in-store were still digesting the news.
“This is the biggest prize that we have ever sold so there’s been great excitement about the win. We had a Lotto Plus 2 win worth €250,000 back in 2017 so this one is even bigger again.
"It’s great news for both the store and the community. We wish the winner the very best with their win and hope they are enjoying it.”
