National: Woman hits the jackpot after buying €10 scratch card in service station

A NATIONAL Lottery player is celebrating after she won a massive €200,000 after buying a scratch card in a service station.

The woman, who collected her winnings earlier this week, had to do a double take on the All Cash Spectacular scratch card after revealing the top prize amount.

The winning €10 scratch card was purchased at the Circle K service station at Childers Road on the outskirts of Limerick city. 

Sitting in the Winners’ Room in Lotto HQ, the winner admitted that she didn’t realise that she was a top prize winner immediately. 

“I popped into the shop to grab a drink and decided to get a scratch card while I was there. I scratched the All Cash Spectacular when I left and I initially thought that I had won €20,000," she said.

"I was absolutely thrilled with that and even started telling friends about the win. It was a while before I actually realised that there was an extra zero at the end of the figure! I was showing the scratch card to a friend and they pointed it out to me! To think, there I was delighted with my €20,000 win when I’d actually won €200,000. It was definitely the best thing I’d ever had pointed out to me, that’s for sure," she added.

The woman, who wishes to remain anonymous says there has been a lot of excitement over the last few days and that it hasn't properly sinked in yet.

"Now that I have the cheque in my hand, I can actually start to plan and think about what to do next,” she said.