Cantona hits jackpot as fans flock

MANCHESTER United legend Eric Cantona played a very different type of game on the streets of Dublin yesterday as he juggled a football in the Pearse Street flats while filming an advert for the new Euromillions lottery.

Cantona hits jackpot as fans flock

The game, which is already running in Britain, France and Spain, will be launched by the National Lottery in Ireland in October. It will offer jackpots of up to €50 million in weekly draws each Friday.

Cantona, 38, who was voted Manchester United’s player of the century, strolled through the flats for the film crew as locals watched in awe.

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