'Pinch me moment': Two syndicates win big as they collect €1 million each in Lotto HQ

Two syndicates won big this week as they collected €1 million each in Lotto HQ.

The Winners Room was kept busy with top prize wins for Kildare and Dublin syndicates, as the two groups visited the Lotto HQ to collect cheques worth €1 million each. 

A Kildare syndicate were delighted to make the trip to Dublin to collect their prize which they scooped in the Daily Million 2pm draw on Sunday, January 28.

The winning ticket was purchased at Monread Fare service station on the Monread Road in Naas, Co Kildare.  

"The day after the win, there were friends texting and talking about the win but I hadn’t even realised that we had the winning ticket at that point. It was only then that I thought of scanning the ticket. I got the message to say that I had won big so I was straight on the phone to the Claims Department. The person on the end of the phone asked if I was sitting down and to be honest I probably should have been lying down for the news that followed. I really couldn’t believe it and then of course I had to convince the rest of the syndicate which was a challenge in itself!," they commented.

The syndicate admitted that the top prize win will take some time to sink in, so they are going to take their time with planning their next steps. 

“As soon as the cheque clears, we’ll make our plans then. It all still seems far-fetched and too good to be true so we’re still having a proper pinch me moment.”