Lotto celebrations
in Moville
02.04.24
LOTTO celebrations were
held yesterday at Doherty’s Centra, Moville following
the big weekend win.
There was a buzz around the town of Moville on Bank
Holiday Monday after it was announced that an Inishowen
Lotto player became the 7th national lottery millionaire
of 2024. The Donegal player won the life-changing prize
of €1 million in the special Lotto Plus Raffle event on
Saturday night after purchasing their winning
quick pick
ticket at the Centra store on Friday, 29th March.
The Moville winner, who now has a ticket worth €1
million, is yet to come forward. The National Lottery
continue to appeal to Inishowen Lotto players to check
their tickets from Saturday night’s draw. The winning
raffle number is 8794.
The winner is advised to sign the back of their ticket
and keep it safe. They should contact the National
Lottery prize claims team on 1800 666 222 and
arrangements will be made for them to collect their
prize at Lotto HQ. |
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Shop owner Gerry Doherty
pictured celebrating with staff members outside the
Centra store in Moville. |
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Shop owner Gerry Doherty
was thrilled to hear that one of his customers was
having a memorable Easter weekend: “I was absolutely
delighted to get the call from the National Lottery to
say that we sold the €1 million winning ticket in
Saturday’s draw. It’s absolutely life-changing for the
winner but even for the store, this is a big year for us
so it’s perfect timing for a big win. 2024 marks 40
years that the Doherty business has been in operation
and 20 years that the store has been open too so this
really gives us even more to celebrate. All of the staff
here in store are delighted that one of our customers is
now a millionaire and I am planning on putting the agent
selling bonus to good use by throwing a big party for
the entire team – it’s important to celebrate these
things and what better excuse could there be! We have
been saying all weekend that we hope the winner has
checked their ticket by now. Imagine seeing that amount
pop up when you check your raffle number! We are telling
everyone popping into the shop to make sure they check
their tickets because you never know, it could be you!” |
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The Moville winner, who
now has a ticket worth €1 million, is yet to come
forward. The winning raffle number is 8794. |
While the Lotto Plus
Raffle typically sees winners of €500 in every drawn,
the Saturday 29th March draw saw a Moville player enjoy
an even higher windfall due to a special raffle
event.
Each of the tickets with the winning Lotto Plus Raffle
number drawn on Saturday night were entered into a
once-off random draw where one ticket was selected to
win an additional prize of €1 million. While every
ticket holder who had the winning Raffle number won
€500, one player from Moville has won €1 million, in
addition to the usual €500 prize.
Update: Donegal couple enjoy €1,000,500 Lotto win
05.04.24
Donegal couple are amazed to see their raffle number
confirmed as the big winner. They had purchased their
winning ticket at Doherty’s Centra in Moville, last
Friday.
“I scanned our ticket on my phone straight after the
draw and got the message to contact the National
Lottery. We could see that our raffle number was drawn
so we knew that we could have at least won €500 but when
we saw the shop announcement, we were fairly certain
that it had to be us. It’s the first time I have ever
said that a long Bank Holiday was too long as we spent
it waiting eagerly for the claims department to reopen
to confirm the win.”
“Easter has been a bit of a blur to be honest as this
was in no way how we expected to be spending the past
few days. I was terrified to let the ticket out of my
sight all weekend so I kept it on me everywhere that I
went. We’re still in total shock so we’ll have to let
the win sink in before we make our plans.” |
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