‘World’s luckiest shop’ launches hunt for winner of £7.7MILLION EuroMillions jackpot years after customer took home £77m
A LUCKY punter bagged an incredible £7.7million jackpot at the ‘world’s luckiest shop’ – after a previous customer walked away with £77M.
The EuroMillions winner is yet to claim their windfall, after buying the life-changing ticket at G O stores in Garryowen, Limerick City, Ireland.
A winning EuroMillions ticket sold by Garryowen Stores, in Limerick City, is yet to be claimed[/caption] Owner Tom Brosnan dubbed the store the ‘luckiest shop in Limerick’ after a previous £77million win[/caption]Stunned store owner Tom Brosnan was in disbelief, after seeing fellow customer Dolores McNamara take home an eye-watering £77million in 2005.
Tom told BBC News NI: “I think we must be the luckiest shop in Limerick.
This really is a case of lightning striking twice
Sarah Orr
“The second time round makes it all the better.
“It’s been almost 20 years since we sold the winning EuroMillions ticket to Dolores but this win is just as magical.”
But, the massive win on last Saturday night’s April 20 draw is still untouched.
The winning numbers were 01, 09, 10, 14, 26, 40 and bonus 04.
Tom wished the unknown jackpot scooper the “very best of luck”.
“I’d be in like a rocket if it was me,” he added.
Sarah Orr from the National Lottery said: “This really is a case of lightning striking twice.
“In 2005 this was the most famous shop in Ireland so it is definitely a well-renowned store.”
The National Lottery urged players to check their tickets as one is sitting on a heft fortune.
The winner is advised to sign the back of their ticket and should make contact with the prize claims team on 1800 666 222 or email claims@lottery.ie.
Arrangements will be put in place for them to claim their prize.
It comes as another shop, in Bridgend, County Donegal sold an unbelievable 12 jackpot-winning tickets between 1988 and 2018.
The store was dubbed as the second luckiest in Ireland, while Duleek, County Meath was crowned victorious after two wins in October 2022 and March 2023.
This comes as another lucky punter scooped an incredible £7.5million lottery jackpot earlier this month – as another bagged £1million.
The life-changing prize was bagged by a single ticket holder in the Saturday, April 6 draw.
HOW TO PLAY
Players can buy and check their tickets online by downloading the National Lottery app or at national-lottery.co.uk.
They can also buy and check tickets face-to-face in stores.
Playing online via the app or website means that your ticket is checked, and you get an email notification if you win a prize.
You can also scan your retail tickets on the National Lottery app to check if you’re a winner.
Earlier this year one couple thought they’d only bagged £2.60 on the lottery – but soon discovered they had scooped the £61million jackpot.
Richard and Debbie Nuttall, both 54, from Colne, Lancashire, took home the life-changing sum in the EuroMillions draw on Tuesday, 30 January 2024.
Meanwhile, a retired couple revealed how they almost missed out on a whopping £57million after their lottery ticket was ripped in half.
Fred, 73, and his wife Lesley Higgans, 63, were stunned after realising they’d won the Euromillions jackpot.
Plus, one woman who took a punt on a spare fiver was stunned when she landed a £1million windfall.
Marlyn Anderson, 70, and husband Ian, 77, turned their left-over change into an eye-watering jackpot after buying a Lucky Dip ticket in the EuroMillions draw.
EuroMillions winner Dolores McNamara
DOLORES McNamara took home her life-changing prize in 2005.
The lucky player bagged £77million and quickly splashed the cash on a £1.6million luxury mansion sitting on 270 acres.
She splurged on homes for her six children, including a £1.2M property for her son Gary.
The family has since built up a beef herd on the sprawling estate.
Then in 2017, Dolores received another pay out – this time of £7,000 – over a crash involving her Mercedes.
It is understood Lotto queen McNamara took the case on a point of principle and to have her position vindicated rather than for the money.
Her Mercedes sustained “extensive material damage” on October 27, 2015, during a road collision with William Butler’s commercial Ford van.
A settlement was reached outside of court and spared Dolores having to give a sworn eyewitness account in the witness box.