Dream Lotto win for Northsider

A HARD-WORKING Northsider has told how he still expects somebody to wake him up from his dream after he scooped €1 million from a Lotto ticket bought in Phibsboro.

The lucky Dub sheepishly presented his winning ticket to National Lottery officials in Dublin City centre recently, fully expecting to be told that he had made a big mistake when checking his ticket.

“I honestly still don’t believe I could be this lucky,” he said.

“When I came into the Lotto HQ with my ticket, I genuinely thought that I would be told that I’d checked my ticket wrong or something and I didn’t win anything!

“Even now that I have a cheque in my hand worth a million quid, I don’t think it’ll really hit home until all those lovely zeros appear in my bank account.”

The winning Quick Pick ticket was sold on Wednesday, September 12 at the popular Costcutter Express Store on North Circular Road in Phibsboro in Dublin 7.

“The moment you first realise you have won a prize like this is a truly indescribable feeling, nothing will ever prepare you for it,” the lucky winner said.

“After I got home from work on Thursday night, I checked the numbers on Aertel and each and every one of my numbers were there in a row.

“My heart genuinely stopped for a couple of seconds and my stomach was in absolute knots. The following morning, I read in the paper that the local shop had sold the lucky ticket which gave me even further hope that I was probably the winner.”

The Northside man said that he has no intention of giving up work anytime soon.

 However, he admitted that his new fortune will have far reaching consequences for his family.

“The million euro will certainly be put to good use,” he said.

“I haven’t told a soul so I can’t wait to get the family together and hand them each an envelope with a cheque inside.

“It’s a dream come through for me to help people out like that.

“It’s a massive bonus alright but it won’t affect my day to day life and I’ll be back to work in the morning as usual.”

Daily Million draws take place twice a day and gives players the opportunity to become millionaires at 2pm and 9pm, seven days a week for €1 per play.

So far this year, there have been four top prizewinners in the Daily Million and Plus games.

Interestingly the last top prizewinner of the €1 million was also sold this side of the city on the North Circular Road in Dublin 7, in the neighbouring A&J Ormsby Store last February.

If you live in the area, it might be worth popping down to your local shop to have a go!