Cavan woman wins €5K a month for a year!

A Cavan woman has become the first-ever top prize winner of €5,000 per month for 12 months on the €5 '1 Year Richer' scratch card.

The woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, picked visited National Lottery headquarters this week to claim her prize.

The winning ticket was purchased at Eason, Cavan Town.

“As soon as I scratched the ticket, I was on the phone straight away. I rang one family member, and she was in the middle of peeling the spuds. She didn’t believe me at all and made me send her a photo immediately! We were both on the phone going through the Scratch Card making sure it was a winner," she told a National Lottery official.

The priority for the Cavan woman was keeping the Scratch Card safely hidden. "I immediately put it behind a wedding photo, don’t ask me why! I just knew no one would look there. To be honest, I was more afraid of putting it somewhere and completely forgetting where I’d put it - can you imagine? The first thing I plan to do is book a family holiday.”