A lucky Irish punter who managed to nab more than €1 million in a December Euromillions draw is set to be a Secret Santa this Christmas.
The delighted dad from Dublin who remains anonymous came into a windfall of €1,005,000 in the EuroMillions ‘Ireland Only Raffle’ prize which he won on Friday, December 6.
And he has revealed he hasn't told his family about his whopping win yet, but he promises to still spoil them this 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.
The new millionaire also revealed that he initially thought he had just won €5,000, before realising he was about to bag a much bigger prize.
He said: "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 lucky Dubliner purchased his winning ticket at Paul’s Newsagent’s in the Dunnes Stores Shopping Centre in Finglas, Dublin 11 and he is planning to spoil his family this festive season.
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,”
