Cork syndicate claim €500k top prize on €20 scratch card

A Cork syndicate has won big, pocketing the €500,000 top prize on a scratch card.

The Corkonians visited the Lotto HQ to collect their prize, which they won on a €20 All Cash Exravaganza scratch card.

"I don’t think I have ever been in such a state of shock as I was when we scratched off this ticket. We were double and triple checking the zeroes to make sure we didn’t make a mistake,” they said.

The winning scratch card was purchased at the Westlink Service Station on the Lower Pouladuff Road in Cork City.

“We have been playing together for a while now and we have bought these scratch cards before, but we never expected to see the top prize. We were jumping up and down with the excitement at first and then we were shaking – a real rollercoaster of overwhelming emotions.”

 The €500,000 winners admitted that keeping the golden ticket safe took priority over the days leading up to their trip to Dublin.

One member said: “I even slept with the ticket in bed with me. That’s how worried I was that something might happen.” 

"I’d have it hidden in one place and then move it and then even when I was leaving the house, I had it with me. I was terrified to let it out of my sight! 

"It’s only been a few days, but I’m thrilled to hand it over now and see our cheque,” they went on to say.

Paying off their mortgage and doing some well needed home renovations were on the top of the to-do list for the prize winners, saying that the good fortune, “couldn’t have come at a better time.” Tonight’s Daily Million draw promises to see players enjoy even bigger prizes than usual across all prize categories in the main draw.

A guaranteed to be won amount of €10,000 will be added to the prize fund for tonight’s draw which will be divided amongst all winners and increase the value of each of the prizes won.