Identity of €8.6m Lotto winner remains mystery

THE National Lottery has refused to say what time on Tuesday afternoon the winning ticket in the record, mid-week Lotto jackpot of €8.6 million was purchased in Kilkenny city because the winner could be identified on CCTV.

The CCTV cameras in the Statoil service station on the city’s Castlecomer Road would be able to pick out the winner immediately as all transactions are recorded and timed.

Dedicated staff members Joan Butler and Ber Madden recalled a strange, middle-aged man coming into the shop on Tuesday at around 2.30pm to do the Lotto, clearly for the first time.