Mayo syndicate collect €5.4 million Lotto jackpot

A syndicate from Mayo has collected the Lotto jackpot worth an astonishing €5,419,866, won on December 28.

The syndicate purchased the winning ticket in Carey’s Newsagents in Belmullet.

Speaking on behalf of the syndicate, one member said: “We were all together on the night of the draw, having a Christmas get-together, when we discovered we had won.

"As you can imagine, there was great excitement on the night, and it has still yet to sink in.”

Asked about where the ticket has been kept while waiting to claim their prize, one member said: “The ticket has been kept in a magazine, in an envelope under a mattress – there was no way that ticket was going missing!”