Late Lotto claim for Newry winner
A Newry man left it late to become a millionaire. Despite winning at the end of November it wasn't until near Christmas that Simon Savage checked his ticket and claimed his prize.
It was when The National Lottery released details of a missing Lotto ticket in the Newry and Mourne area that was now worth £1.7 million, that farm shop owner Simon decided to look for some tickets that he had in his house.
Simon said, "I remembered that I played Lotto at the end of November so decided to have a look for some tickets I had laying around the house, never imagining for a second I'd have the winning one."
"I had tickets in a couple of different places and the first batch I looked at had no winners but when I looked under a cheque I planned to lodge in the bank later that day, I found two more tickets, to my utter amazement one of them had the winning numbers."
"I couldn't quite believe what I was seeing so I got my brother to check it, I just pushed the ticket towards him. I was shaking so he asked me to sit down and after checking the numbers and dates all corresponded he told me the amazing news."
Simon has suffered with impaired hearing since his 20s so he intends spending some of his new-found fortune on finding a way to improve his hearing, he also plans to go on holiday.
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