Where can I collect my lotto winnings??

metoyouxxx · 21-02-2010 10:32am #1

Hi I got 5 numbers in the main lotto draw last night, where can I collect it?? Do I have to go to our main post office??

ScouseMouse · 21-02-2010 10:36am

Any agent WITH CONSENT can pay it out. I pay out 5 numbers - subject to having the cash. Go into your local shop and have a quiet chat with the manager and see if he can do it. Where are you?

metoyouxxx · 21-02-2010 10:40am

superscouse wrote: »

Any agent WITH CONSENT can pay it out. I pay out 5 numbers - subject to having the cash. Go into your local shop and have a quiet chat with the manager and see if he can do it. Where are you?

I'm In South Tipperary.

ScouseMouse · 21-02-2010 10:43am

Go to any big lotto agents in your area and have a quiet chat with them. It says clearly on the ticket that you have to go to a post office so DO NOT demand they cash it. You will be laughed at. You may get a shop who can do it but they dont have to. Two grand is a lot of cash to hand out.

Failing that, post office tomorrow or drive to me in Dublin (LOL)

metoyouxxx · 21-02-2010 10:49am

superscouse wrote: »

Go to any big lotto agents in your area and have a quiet chat with them. It says clearly on the ticket that you have to go to a post office so DO NOT demand they cash it. You will be laughed at. You may get a shop who can do it but they dont have to. Two grand is a lot of cash to hand out.

Failing that, post office tomorrow or drive to me in Dublin (LOL)

If I drove to Dublin tomorrow I'd have it all spent in 10 mins LOL ...

callaway92 · 21-02-2010 1:38pm

Cahir??

RocketRonnie · 21-02-2010 1:39pm

I'l give ya 40 quid and 6 All Cash first thing in the morning!
Willing to travel...

metoyouxxx · 21-02-2010 1:51pm

no not in Cahir...... will the shop/post office get some sort of bonus or something??????

ScouseMouse · 21-02-2010 2:53pm

metoyouxxx wrote: »

no not in Cahir...... will the shop/post office get some sort of bonus or something??????

Not that I am aware of.

iora_rua · 21-02-2010 3:09pm

Look up your local main post office on line, or in your phone book, and give them a ring in the morning - they'll tell you where you can get your cash, as not every post office or agent can pay out large amounts. You'll have a form to fill in - have some ID with you ... and don't spend it all at once

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PS: the shop that SOLD the ticket might get a bonus I think - they do with the very large amounts anyway.

ScouseMouse · 21-02-2010 3:21pm

iora_rua wrote: »

Look up your local main post office on line, or in your phone book, and give them a ring in the morning - they'll tell you where you can get your cash, as not every post office or agent can pay out large amounts. You'll have a form to fill in - have some ID with you ... and don't spend it all at once !

PS: the shop that SOLD the ticket might get a bonus I think - they do with the very large amounts anyway.

Dont know about any form. I pay out 5 numbers regularly and just need the ticket. I ring the lottery to unlock my machine and thats it. Of course its only if I have the cash available AND I can afford to be without it for a week or so.

The shop gets no bonus for 5 numbers.

iora_rua · 21-02-2010 3:32pm

superscouse wrote: »

Dont know about any form. I pay out 5 numbers regularly and just need the ticket. I ring the lottery to unlock my machine and thats it. Of course its only if I have the cash available AND I can afford to be without it for a week or so.

The shop gets no bonus for 5 numbers.

OK, just checked with the source of my info - it was a three figure sum on a scratch card, not the Lotto, but he definitely had to go to the main post office in Limerick - and fill in a form to collect his winnings.

ScouseMouse · 21-02-2010 3:57pm

The last big payout I made on a scratch card was 250 euro and I carnt remember if I had to ring up to authorise it.

The OP has 5 numbers on a lotto which in last nights draw is worth 2000 euro.

Shops can pay that, if they have it, with the agents consent.

Nulty · 21-02-2010 5:32pm

Whats the deadline or timeframe allowed to claim a winning ticket?

I've got one from 16th Jan for a fiver

ScouseMouse · 21-02-2010 5:48pm

Nulty wrote: »

Whats the deadline or timeframe allowed to claim a winning ticket?

I've got one from 16th Jan for a fiver

Assuming you are talking about a lotto ticket, its 90 days.

If its a scratch card, its so many days after the announcement of the end of that particular game.