A Dublin dad is planning to spoil his family rotten this Christmas before revealing that he has become Ireland's newest millionaire.
The lucky Dub picked up a cool €1,005,000 on the EuroMillions ‘Ireland Only Raffle’ prize which he won on Friday, December 6.
But despite winning the life-changing jackpot, he still hasn't told anyone about the win and doesn't plan on telling his family until after Christmas.
He said: “Absolutely nobody knows yet. I still haven’t told a soul because to be honest, I’m completely overwhelmed by the enormity of this win.
"From the very second that I checked my ticket, I knew there was something different about it.
"I was absolutely over the moon when I noticed that I had one of the winning raffle numbers for the €5,000 prize - only to find out that I’d also won an extra €1 million. It’s absolutely amazing.”
The winning ticket was bought at Paul’s Newsagent’s in the Dunnes Stores Shopping Centre in Finglas, Dublin 11.
The jackpot winner will treat his family to a lavish Christmas but plans on being sensible with his cash.
He added: “There is a lot of responsibility coming into a sum of money like this.
"It should be life-changing and that’s what I intend it to be. I don’t want to make a big announcement to everybody and immediately start spending like a millionaire!
"I have some meetings organised with the bank so they will put me on the right path to spending wisely.
"In the meantime however, I intend to put some of the money away for Christmas and spoil my family in a way that they don’t think that I’ve won a million euro."
There's still a chance to win big before Christmas with tonight's Euromillions jackpot estimated at €50 million.
