Cavan woman Ann Murray was over the moon after scooping up a whopping €60,065 in the Telly Bingo.
The regular player visited the Winners Room at Lottery HQ to pick up her Snowball prize, which she won in the September 4 draw.
Ann also collected the XCross and Lucky line prize, which made the total tick a little over €60,000.
After arriving at the Winners Room, Ann revealed that she is a regular player of the game but almost missed out on getting a ticket on that day.
She said: ‘I usually pop into Cronin’s in Ballyjamesduff to buy my tickets, but I got to the shop a little later than usual, so I thought I might have missed my chance.
‘Thank goodness I got there just in time or I might not be sitting here at all. I have been playing for a few years now and I even play with my parents too.
‘There was some tension when it got down to the last two numbers though.
‘I was willing Declan on to call my numbers out and then he said them – I was waiting on 23 which was followed by my last number 13.
‘I was jumping up and down screaming when he called my last number and my mother was telling me to calm down.’
With all of the shock and excitement, Ann admitted that she did not realise just how much she had won straight away.
She continued: ‘I thought I had won the Full House prize so I was jumping for joy thinking I was €10,000 better off. I was even telling everyone that was what I had won.
‘But within the space of about a half an hour, I got a call from a friend who had been playing as well and she said about Cronin’s selling a winning ticket and I said I know, it was me and I told her how thrilled I was with the €10,000.
‘It was then that she quickly corrected me and told me I didn’t win that, I won €60,000. The show ends at 1pm and this was all before 2pm so it was a whirlwind afternoon that day.’
Following the win, which was almost two weeks ago, Ann said she has since inspired friends to start playing the game.
She is now making her plans for what to do with her win and dreaming big about what she could do next.
Ann added: ‘I have had the ticket hidden under shelves at home ever since the win so I was happy to finally take it out and hand it over here today.
‘The first thing that I would love to do is get a new front door to be honest and then head off on a trip in Ireland to Bundoran, we love it there.
‘My big dream is to do a big holiday to America though so watch this space, let’s see if that happens!’
The Cavan woman has taken the title of 16th Telly Bingo Snowball winner of the year so far.
Telly Bingo players hoping to be the next big winners are reminded that the game show is on three times a week on RTE One at 12.45pm on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays with tickets costing €2.50.
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