Eva Marie Stewart, Ahmed Stewart and baby Theodore Stewart, Matt Lyons and Alan Lyons celebrating after selling the winning ticket in March
A STAG party of 14 from County Donegal on a weekend away in Sligo won €8.4M, it is being reported today.
However the National Lottery has refused to pay out on the jackpot. It’s understood lawyers are now involved in trying to resolve the dispute.
The money was won on March 5 after a €20 bet placed at Matt Lyons XL shop in Sligo Town.
The Lottery confirmed that “the ticket holder” came forward on March 30, but say they still haven’t handed over the money.
The prize must be settled by May 30.
The Irish Daily Star reports the 14-strong group decided to buy a Lotto ticket while on the boozy weekend away.
The huge €8,244,502 prize, if shared equally between them, would net each of them a cool €588,893.
“There was a group of 14 who came down from Donegal,” a source told the paper.
“They were only in Sligo for the weekend and they bought the ticket while they were here.
“The whole town has been talking about it and we can’t wait to see if they will come back here again.”
The Lotto said in a statement: “The National Lottery never comments on the specifics of the claims procedure to protect both the privacy of the claimant and the security of the National Lottery’s claims process.
“As is standard practice, any claimant has 90 days in which to claim their prize and we are continuing to engage with the ticketholder.
“In line with our normal policy, we will not be issuing further comment until the prize has been collected.”
Matt Lyons, the man who sold the winning ticket, said: “It’s really unusual for a prize not to be paid out by this stage. I hope it is all sorted out.”
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