One thing is for sure: the National Lottery really knows how to keep the suspense going.
When its counterparts in Europe told it that someone in Ireland had won the €250 million biggest prize ever in Tuesday’s EuroMillions draw, the National Lottery spread the good news.
Cue frantic ticket checking, day dreaming and fantasy shopping.
On Wednesday morning, the lottery people said the ticket had been bought in a shop – so not online then. More hopes dashed for some, what ifs for others.
Later that afternoon it said the ticket had been bought in Munster. More drip, drip of news.
And while we will soon hear where the ticket was bought, we may never know exactly who won the vast amount of money because he, she or they (it could be a syndicate) can – and most likely will – chose to remain anonymous. That’s what most Irish EuroMillions winners have done.
Until that Munster bombshell dropped, Irish Times consumer affairs correspondent Conor Pope kept his dream alive by not looking at his ticket.
So what should the winner do? How easy is it to spend €250 million and does money really make you happy?
Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by Declan Conlon.
