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Dave Burke

Family wins £4.9m on lottery with same numbers they've used for 25 years

A family has scooped a whopping £4.9million lottery jackpot - after the numbers they've used for 25 years finally came up.

The family from County Kilkenny in Ireland picked up the massive National Lottery prize after the draw last month.

The dad, who heads the syndicate group, said he couldn't believe it when he saw the winning numbers in a newspaper.

He said, the Irish Times reports : “We have been playing the exact same Lotto numbers for over 25 years so I could spot them from a mile off.

"I was queuing up in the shop when I spotted them out of the corner of my eye on the top of one of the newspapers."

He said he knew at that moment that he was a millionaire, without having to check the ticket.

He rushed home to tell his lucky loved ones, saying: “Once I blurted it out, we honestly fell around the floor laughing and we haven’t been able to stop smiling since.

"It really is life-changing for all of us and we are going to enjoy absolutely every penny of this win as a family.”

The family asked to remain anonymous after their massive win.

It is the 25th time a jackpot has been won by a ticket from Kilkenny since the Lotto draw launched in 1988.

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