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Derry's new millionaire seeks home
in country
12.02.08
INISHOWEN'S estate
agents could do worse than send a few property
brochures to Derry's latest millionaire.
Married computer specialist Ryan Magee, 27, was
revealed yesterday as the winner of a whopping €8.6m
- a share in Friday's EuroMillions roll-over draw. |
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And Ryan and wife
Margaret, from Derry's Altnagelvin, say they are now
looking for "a nice house in the countryside"
something they've always dreamed about.
Ryan revealed he had a premonition he would win and
bought 11 lucky dip tickets in different towns.
"In the week leading up to the draw I was |
certain I would win. I
just couldn't get it out of my head. So on the day,
while I was travelling on business, I bought tickets
in Omagh, Strabane, Coleraine and Derry," he told
the BBC.
He said he always waited until the following day to
check his tickets - preferring to go to bed dreaming
he would wake up a millionaire. And now he is, many
times over.
The Derryman, who runs his own computer repair and
servicing business and his 32-year old wife, have a
ten-year old son, Lee, and are expecting their
second child.
Margaret, a trainee psychiatric nurse, said the
couple and their son always wanted to move to the
country and get a dog. She said they would also like
to take a couple of holidays with their new-found
windfall. Meanwhile, Derry's biggest every lottery
winner has already ordered his dream car - a Ferrari
worth more than £150,000 - and is due to take
delivery of it on Friday.
The winning numbers were 17, 28, 30, 38 and 44,
while the Lucky Star numbers were 01 and 04.
There were a total of 16 winners throughout Europe
who matched all five main numbers and one lucky
star. Six came from Britain, five from France, two
from Switzerland and one each from Austria, Belgium
and Portugal. |
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