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John hopes to 'milk' the lottery
19.08.10
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by Linda McGrory
AN Inishowen milkman hopes a lottery gameshow will
be his cash cow when he plays Big Money this weekend
on RTE.
John McDermott, 43, who operates a milk round with
this brother Seamus in Greencastle, said he was
delighted his three-star scratchcard was pulled from
the drum.
"I didn't even buy the scratchcard, I won it with a
lottery ticket. I thought to myself 'it's only an
oul scratchcard' but then it came up trumps for me,"
he said. |
John's luck also
continues a 'Winning Streak' for Farren's Newsagents
in Moville which has sold two successful Big Money
scratchcards in the last fortnight.
Quigley’s Point woman Eithne McCauley scooped
€32,000 last Saturday week, and this Saturday, John
will be in front of the cameras. Farren's owner,
Denis Foynes, is thanking his lucky stars.
“I’ve been here ten years and have had around four
winners over the time, and to get two in two weeks
is incredible,” he said. |
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Daisi the cow wishes John McDermott
plenty of luck on the The Big Money Game this
Saturday. |
“We’ve been doing good
sales on lottery scratchcards, especially since
Eithne won and I’m delighted that one of our regular
customers has struck lucky again.”
Meanwhile, John, who is single, says he won't be
taken in by any extra female attention if he wins
big. "We'll say nothing about that," quipped the
Greencastle man.
Meanwhile, a big crowd of friends and family
including his parents, James and Annie and his six
siblings will head down to Dublin in a mini-bus
around dawn on Saturday while many more will gather
in front of the telly at home or in the pub that
evening at 8.30pm to cheer him on. "It should be
good craic," he laughed. |
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