“Real Mix of Emotions” Over €3.8 million IrishLotto Win

We all dream about getting a big lottery win. How would you react if it did come along? For a member of a €3.8 million winning Irish Lotto jackpot, he says “nothing can prepare you” for the amazing feeling you have.

The Irish Lotto syndicate winner recalled how he instantly knew they’d won the jackpot. “I was watching the draw (held on October 4) as it happened and I just knew they were our numbers that had come out,” they said.

That might lead you to thinking that their chosen numbers were birthdays or anniversaries. That’s not the case though, perhaps he’s just got a very good memory. He immediately checked their Irish Lotto ticket and realised he was correct.

Utterly overwhelmed

“It was a real mix of emotions, from excitement to being utterly overwhelmed,” he recalled.

“There’s just nothing that can prepare you for that,” the Irish Lotto syndicate member added.

The news of their jackpot win was quickly shared by using Facetime. As is often the case, some of the syndicate members thought bad news was going to be delivered, how wrong they were. When being told of their Irish Lotto success, the excitement began to rise and pretty soon they were “jumping around the place.”

€100,000 Scratchcard win

They are not the only syndicate celebrating lottery success. A syndicate from Laos made their way to National Lottery headquarters in Dublin to collect a €100,000 prize. That had been won on a Money Multiplier scratchcard.

Their spokesperson said that as soon as they realised they’d won €100,000 they phoned the National Lottery to confirm their win. That was done within half an hour as the spokesperson wanted to “make sure I wasn’t seeing things.”

“It’s just not something that you expect to see at all, so you almost convince yourself that it’s not real when it does happen,” they added. The win has come at a perfect time as members had been chatting the night before about their Christmas shopping plans.

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