Last-minute dash to shops pays off for Lotto syndicate

The happiest gang of workers in the country were drinking champagne in the National Lottery headquarters yesterday.

The group, from Chadwicks Builders Centre, Thomas St, Dublin, were collecting their €3m Lotto jackpot.

Some of the workers, members of a 21-member syndicate, had been playing Lotto together for more than 14 years.