How would you feel if you were handed a €500,000 winning lottery ticket, and then gave it back to cashier who sold it to you? Not Great, right?
Well, that’s exactly what happened to one unfortunate EuroMillions player who had asked for a €4 Quick Pick at a Tesco store in Navan and was mistakenly handed a €9 Quick Pick.
The Lotto player was unwilling to pay the extra fiver and returned the ticket to the seller, asking instead for the €4 ticket. And all of this happened on April Fool’s Day.
Meanwhile, as the poor punter reels from his or her terrible luck, a charity is to benefit from the €500,000.
The extraordinary twist of fate was discovered when the National Lottery contacted the Navan store to tell them they had sold a winning ticket. And the valuable ticket was found safely locked in the till.
In a statement Tesco said: "We are delighted that our store in Navan sold the winning ticket for last Friday's EuroMillions Two Draw."
