Knock woman comes within one number of lotto jackpot

Knock woman comes within one number of lotto jackpot


Michael Commins

KNOCK woman Mairead Egan came within one number of scooping the National Lottery jackpot of 4.5 million last week. Just the number 27 stood between her and landing the big prize. Mairead, a regular supporter of the lottery game, had palpations as she checked her numbers. “When you know you have a few of them, you get all flustered. I had to check a few times before I knew I had five of them. The only one that let me down was 27. My birthday is on September 11 (9/11) and if I had gone for that one I had won the whole shebang. There would have been some party in Knock and Claremorris!,” she said yesterday. Despite having five numbers, Mairead’s winnings amounted to just €1,680 …which seems very small for coming within one of the jackpot prize. “Everyone thought there would be a lot more for having five numbers. To tell you the truth I did myself as well. That’s the way it goes anyway.”  stated Mairead.