Craigtown syndicate
celebrate lotto win
27.06.23
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The Craigtown school
syndicate from Inishowen, made up of 18 teachers and
staff, travelled to Lotto HQ in Dublin yesterday to
claim their €250,000 prize which they won on the 27th
May Lotto Plus 2 draw. The group purchased their winning
ticket at Doherty’s Centra in Moville. |
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The Craigtown syndicate
pictured collecting their €250,000 cheque. |
Speaking in the Winners
Room, Margaret Farren explained that buying the ticket
for that particular draw was not as straight forward as
usual.
“I was holidaying on the North Antrim coast when I
realized that I didn’t have a ticket for the draw that
night. I figured that I would get our ticket at some
point during the day but as we got closer to the draw
time, I was getting worried as I needed to get back to
Donegal to get it. By then, it was becoming a mad dash
to find the best way back. As luck would have it, the
ferry had just started running again the previous day so
I got that back to Greencastle and then made my way to
Moville to get our ticket. I only had 15 minutes left to
get our ticket at that stage,” said Margaret.
Purchasing the ticket still did not go exactly to plan:
“I usually buy a ticket to cover eight draws but when I
got to the shop, the machine was unable to print a
ticket for that particular draw only. I would only ever
check our tickets after the eight draws are up but since
the ticket was a single draw, I checked the next day and
to say it was utter disbelief would be an
understatement! If it had have been a ticket for eight
draws, there’s no way I would have known how much we won
so soon after. I told the rest of the members the next
day after school – they couldn’t believe it when the app
said the words ‘You’ve won Big!’ I think our cheers were
heard far and wide!”
Meanwhile, the Craigtown syndicate were not the only
Inishowen winners to visit Lotto HQ to claim their
winnings. A family syndicate claimed over €6.3 million
after purchasing their ticket for the 17th June draw at
McCarrons Village Shop in Quigley’s Point. |
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