We won the lotto (RTE 1)

Cloudio9

This is BS. RTÉ saving the lottery’s blushes on the syndicate who tried to buy every combination.

The real story is that they screwed up and did a special draw for the bank holiday weekend and guaranteed £100 for every 4 number prize.

The typical prize at the time was under £20 for four numbers.

As a result it was a mathematical certainty to make a big profit if you bought every ticket that weekend.

Disgracefully, Ray Bates who headed the lottery kept his job.

Tipsy McSwagger

Found it disgusting that they had to put Dolores McNamara in it. She didn't win the 'lotto' she won euromillions. When will the scumbag media just leave her alone?

Ralf and Florian

Vic_08 wrote: »

Would be interesting to hear from this guy, see if he has made his fortune from gaming lotteries, I suspect not.

He was one of the Scruffy Murphys syndicate. I might be wrong but I think they had another win a few years later.

mjp

Tipsy McSwagger wrote:

Found it disgusting that they had to put Dolores McNamara in it. She didn't win the 'lotto' she won euromillions. When will the scumbag media just leave her alone?

She is the most famous lotto winners in Ireland and it is her story that the public is most interested in. That's why Rte cover her in the programme. Her friends who spoke on the show was their own choice to do so and I'm sure she gave them her approval. Bit OTT calling them scumbag media over a documentary which only told the facts of the story.

lisasimpson

I thought it was a good to have her in it. She got mostly good advise (except eddie hobbs) and had very good people with her from the start.

Id love to to win the lotto plus. Would clear your mortgage but you would still have to work so you would be kept grounded

Beechwoodspark

From the few minutes we saw last night, the Romanian guy Seems to have invested wisely. Must be remembered that you will get a lot more bang for your buck over there than here though.

PauloConn

Far more positive spin on the program last night. Good to see people with sensible aspirations and can manage money with a view to creating a good life for their families.
The Hume fella was very funny, some good stories. The 2 former advisors to Dolores were a skit as well. Talking about the Detroit property market like they had a clue. I could imagine them telling her to buy a few pubs....

deisemum

I thought the two programmes were interesting but I was shocked that 70% of winners were declared bankrupt within 20 years though it was only set up in 1994.

If I won €500k I don't think it would change me, though I'd go on more holidays and would love to split half of it between my 2 sons to have as large deposits on a house each for them. I'd invest most of the rest of it to have for my old age and that of my hubby's so we wouldn't have to worry about nursing care.

Tipsy McSwagger

mjp wrote: »

She is the most famous lotto winners in Ireland and it is her story that the public is most interested in. That's why Rte cover her in the programme. Her friends who spoke on the show was their own choice to do so and I'm sure she gave them her approval. Bit OTT calling them scumbag media over a documentary which only told the facts of the story.

The show is called 'We won the Lotto' and has people talking about winning the lotto, could you show me the footage of Dolores speaking please?

WHIP IT!

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

Found it disgusting that they had to put Dolores McNamara in it. She didn't win the 'lotto' she won euromillions. When will the scumbag media just leave her alone?

It's a TV show called "We Won the Lotto".. and you want them to leave out the most famous Lotto winner in the history of the state? It would have represented terrible journalism to leave her out. Your objection to it is nonsense.