Westmeath man claims top Lotto prize of €250,000

A Westmeath man has claimed his Lotto Plus 2 top prize of €250,000.

The prize was won from the Saturday, June 6, draw. His winning Quick Pick ticket was purchased from Tesco in Mullingar.

“I always buy two Lotto tickets, one for my wife and one for myself. It wasn’t long after the draw when I scanned mine on the app, but I thought I must have been seeing things.

"I asked my wife to check it too and the next thing I knew, she was screaming with excitement. That’s when I knew I definitely wasn’t seeing things!”

The Westmeath winner admitted that he has not had the best sleep since discovering the win, keeping a close eye on the winning ticket after carefully tucking it away in an envelope in a drawer.

“My wife is looking for a new kitchen, so I guess we’ll be hitting the shops very soon. After that, we’re hoping to jet off somewhere sunny later in the year to celebrate properly!”