An Irish man from Dublin has scooped a lottery win worth €1,000,000 after a hunt for small change led to him buying a ticket. The lucky lottery player who wishes to remain anonymous only bought a lottery ticket because he needed change for a parking meter, but it was a good call as that ticket ended up being a winner!
The anonymous winner has headed to Liffey Street in the capital of Ireland, Dublin to do some shopping with his wife, but this area contains paid parking and parking meters. When he arrived he realised he didn’t have enough cash for the meter and so headed to the local Spar store, he bought a lottery ticket for the next draw just to get small change to feed the meter.
On Monday he heard that there had been a €1,000,000 Dublin winner so went to scan his ticket on the Lotto app, and found out that his hunt for small change had turned into a life-changing sum.
The lucky winner could hardly believe his good fortune but after a weekend of celebrating, he headed back to work. He intends on helping his family and treating himself to a new car after the win but hasn’t yet made any firm plans about the rest of the cash.
It just goes to show you really never know what twists of fate might lead you to some fantastically good fortune and for this lucky player a hunt for small change led to a very big win.