Irish man had winning lotto ticket in his wallet for two weeks before checking it

"I’m just thankful that I didn’t lose it.”

It was a busy morning in the National Lottery Winner’s Room in Dublin today as more than €647,000 was paid out to winners in three separate claims.

Among them was a man from Leinster who discovered he was carrying a EuroMillions ticket worth €500,000 in his wallet for more than two weeks before he realised his big win.