€100,000 National Lottery Ticket Found in Handbag

It’s amazing what can be found in your handbag. A woman from Cork in Ireland looked in hers and found a National Lottery ticket worth €100,000.

Disbelief

No wonder the lucky winner says she was in “disbelief” at the amazing discovery she made. The ticket was bought last Christmas but no one came forward to claim the €100,000. An appeal was made by the National Lottery as the ticket was due to expire on March 30.

The delighted winner admits that she doesn’t “usually keep up with the news.” As a result, she had no idea that such a huge win was yet to be claimed.

Then she saw the National Lottery appeal for the winner to come forward. Suddenly, she remembered buying a ticket for that draw but didn’t dare think it might have won her €100,000.  A big shock was on its way when scanning her ticket revealed it was the big winner.

A few hours later she again checked the result and she really had won a €100,000 National Lottery prize.

Why not look before?

Why hadn’t the winner previously noticed the lottery ticket in her handbag? Well, a new one had been given to her as a Christmas present. The €100,000 winning ticket was therefore still in her old handbag.

Talking about her win, the Cork resident joked: “To think the thing that could have cost me €100,000 was receiving a lovely new handbag for Christmas!”  The National Lottery winner added that she felt “blessed” that the newspaper article had been read.

“I can’t imagine how I would have felt if I had found the ticket in a couple of months’ time, well after the prize claims deadline,” said the relieved winner. A man from Kildare in Ireland  quickly claimed his €500,000 lottery win.

Plans for her €100,000 win include paying off the rest of her mortgage and other bills. Her family will receive treats and a new car is going to be bought. “It's incredibly exciting for us,” declared the delighted winner.

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