Lotto couples take New York by storm

CHRISTMAS shopping in New York may no longer be a popular pastime in post-Celtic Tiger Ireland except for one group of Lotto winners.

The winners of a scratch card promotion hit the streets of Manhattan over the past week with the singular intention of fulfilling the cliché “shop ’til they drop”.

The group of 39 winners of the Big Money Game and their companions were flown out to the Big Apple for a six-day luxury break with €2,500 spending money each.