Luck of the Irish... in New York

A 28-year-old from Cavan has won $10 million (€7.6m) in the New York Lottery.

Brendan Riordan, who left Ireland with his family in 2003 and settled in Westchester County, north of Manhattan, is guaranteed a regular payday for life in the unique scratchcard game.

As a top prize winner on the New York Lottery’s “Win For Life Spectacular” game, Brendan will receive a minimum prize of $10m in 20 annual installments of $520,000 ($337,256 after tax). Once that has been reached, he will continue to receive an annual cheque for life.