Irish lottery pool playing same numbers for 27 years wins €5.9 million

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myturn — Sat, 06 Jun 2015 02:33:19 GMT

Tax free, and the winners can remain anonymous!

That's a win win situation

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Coin Toss — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 02:52:35 GMT

After buying numerous rounds of Guinness Stout for the group Paddy Muldoon stated that he had vowed if he ever won he was going to take his share and parlay it

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myturn — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 23:16:39 GMT

I don't know how much they have spent in the last 27 years, but it must have been a lot less than 5.9 million.

They would have spent many thousands perhaps, but it was still a fantastic investment.

Good luck to them all!

I hope they use their win to establish long-term financial security.

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RedStang — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 18:18:30 GMT

Their probably even now.

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mypiemaster — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:45:30 GMT

So how much did they spend over 27yrs?. Kind of putting their money in their little piggy banks. Congrats nonetheless.

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zephbe — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 15:25:51 GMT

Persistence pays! Congrats to the very patient winners

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ThatScaryChick — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 15:21:53 GMT

Congrats to the lucky winners. Playing the same numbers for 27 years is a long time. I'm lucky if I stick with the same number for 2 weeks.

Irish lottery pool playing same numbers for 27 years wins €5.9 million

Lottery Post — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 15:00:43 GMT

A lottery pool that has been playing the same numbers in the weekly Ireland Lotto draw for 27 years has finally seen them win big.

The group of seven have won 5,900,958 (US$6.6 million) between them giving each an individual share of 842,994 (US$950,000).

The winning ticket was bought at Tesco on Ash Road in Mullingar, Co Westmeath on May 9th.

Since the 1980s

Speaking about the win, a member of the group said, We've played the same numbers since Lotto began in 1988 and the most we'd... [ More ]