Lucky Cork family scoop €500,000 in Euromillions draw

The husband thought they had only won a couple of hundred euro.

A CORK FAMILY was in the capital today to pick up a cheque for €500,000 following their Lotto win.

The family only realised they might be in the money as rumours circulated on social media about a potential local winner.

The family, who want to remain private, spoke of their pure joy after scooping the cash prize.

Win

The winning husband said: “We were at home on the Saturday when my wife excitedly asked me where I had bought our EuroMillions ticket.

“There was a post on Facebook that said that the SuperValu in Macroom had sold the winning ticket so I gave it to her to check it on the website. A couple of minutes later she let out a shout to say that we had won.

“It never registered with me that we had won the half million euro prize.

I asked her how much we had won, thinking that it was a couple of hundred euro. Not believing it to be true, we spent the next hour double checking our numbers just to make sure.

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