Members of a Cork family syndicate are still basking in the glow of a \u20ac3.6m Lotto jackpot win which they claimed recently from the National Lottery headquarters.<\/p>\n
Winning the main prize from the September 2 draw, the syndicate discovered a newfound fortune in the most unexpected of circumstances.<\/p>\n
One family member recalled: \u201cI was getting ready to head out and cut the grass when the notification came through.<\/p>\n
\u201cI checked the account and just couldn\u2019t believe what I was seeing.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy first thought was, \u2018Did they send the message to the wrong person?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
A member of the the syndicate immediately showed the account details to their wife, who had just returned home from shopping.<\/p>\n
\u201cI showed her the phone and it took about three looks before she believed it. She had only just come in from doing the shopping and it was a struggle for either of us to focus on unpacking the bags because we were both in complete shock. The grass wasn\u2019t cut that day. The rest of the day was a whirlwind of emotions.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was shock, excitement, and a lot of staring at the screen, wondering if it was actually real!\u201d<\/p>\n
Although some members of the syndicate have already started looking at homes they might like to buy, the family say they are determined to remain grounded.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll continue to live life as normal. We\u2019ll organise a family get together to celebrate properly and add an extra holiday or two along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Members of a Cork family syndicate are still basking in the glow of a \u20ac3.6m Lotto jackpot win…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":656164,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,79,61,60,9077],"class_list":["post-656163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-cork-news","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-national-lottery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}