A Clare couple collected their lotto cheque on Monday - and they revealed the ticket was hidden inside a cushion for two weeks.
The husband-and-wife syndicate scooped €1 million after winning the top prize on Lotto Plus One from the draw on Saturday 22nd June.
They waited until the news had properly sunk in before claiming their windfall.
This winning ticket was sold at Reddan’s Store and Sixmilebridge Post Office, in Sixmilebridge, Co. Clare.
The husband said: “It was the Sunday when I checked the ticket and when the app told me to contact the National Lottery we knew it was us.
“We haven’t told anyone so we just unzipped one of the cushions in the bedroom, put the ticket inside, and then put the cushion back on the chair and didn’t look at it until we were ready to make the journey up to Dublin to collect the money!”
The second big prize claim of the day was a man from North County Dublin who won the top prize of €250,000 on last Wednesday’s Lotto Plus 2 draw.
The Skerries winner said: “I don’t normally check my Lotto numbers until the morning after the draw but I just thought at the spur of the moment to check them that night before I headed to bed.
“Once I knew it was me who won, do you think I could get a wink of sleep? It’s an amazing feeling and the best part was yesterday when I told the family about the win.”
