Separated couple share €500k Lotto win with different tickets

They may have been unlucky in love but an estranged couple hit the Lotto jackpot when they scooped €500,000 with two separate tickets with the same numbers.

Pat O’Hagan from Letterkenny, Co Donegal, collected his €250,000 cheque at Lotto headquarters in Dublin after his numbers came up on Saturday in the Lotto Plus 2 draw.

But, amazingly, his was just one of two tickets which scooped the prize, as another ticket in the town had exactly the same numbers.