Rte on the trail of the euro million winner.......

copey · 23-09-2014 10:22PM

I thought I won on it on Friday but unfortunately not

FloatingVoter · 23-09-2014 10:42PM

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Reckon photographers are staking out the National Lottery offices. Also wouldn't be shocked to hear that someone working for the Lotto leaks the name to newspapers. For a fee of course.

Three reasons why bribery wouldn't work:

1) The Official Secrets Act that everybody in the civil service signed.
2) A one day payday is nothing compared to the loss of your job and possibly liberty if and when caught.
3) Given the low number of people who work for the Lottery at that level - the culprit would be caught.
The Civil Service does need to be seen to fire people for transgressions of confidential information leaks. A leak of this nature would give them the perfect scapegoat. And any paper that buys information of that nature would be very fast to betray the source. This ain't Watergate.

Now that the Lotto is in private hands - a lot of that may no longer apply but a lot of it still does.

AnonoBoy · 23-09-2014 10:55PM

Ghekko wrote: »

Ya, oddly they did use that phrase and asked a few randomers on the street in Donabate (I think) if it was them!! It was a bit cringeworthy. Of course the chances of them hitting on the very person who did win it were extremely slim to nil😜. Sure the ticket could've been bought in Terenure or Glasnevin or anywhere else in Dublin ..... Unless RTE had inside information 😱

Weird. I didn't see that report.

Must have been a mega-slow news day.

renegademaster · 23-09-2014 11:06PM

molly09 wrote: »

Why will they not just leave the person alone, if I won I would certainly not been wanting to go on national tv.

It's lovely news that it was won in Ireland but I am sure it can bring unwanted attention.

yet couldn't find the thousands of irish water protestors in the capital city last sat!! ****in pravda muppets!!

FloatingVoter · 23-09-2014 11:17PM

Mark Cagney has an even smugger gnin than normal these mornings. And he knows he's (sorry the winner) is making €10,000 a day interest.
Perhaps that is getting up the powdered noses at RTE.
Just speculating.:rolleyes:

AnonoBoy · 23-09-2014 11:31PM

renegademaster wrote: »

yet couldn't find the thousands of irish water protestors in the capital city last sat!! ****in pravda muppets!!

This whole "they're harrassing the winner" stuff is rubbish though. They gave nothing out about the winner at all, did they?

B.A._Baracus · 23-09-2014 11:31PM

FloatingVoter wrote: »

Three reasons why bribery wouldn't work:

1) The Official Secrets Act that everybody in the civil service signed.
2) A one day payday is nothing compared to the loss of your job and possibly liberty if and when caught.
3) Given the low number of people who work for the Lottery at that level - the culprit would be caught.
The Civil Service does need to be seen to fire people for transgressions of confidential information leaks. A leak of this nature would give them the perfect scapegoat. And any paper that buys information of that nature would be very fast to betray the source. This ain't Watergate.

Now that the Lotto is in private hands - a lot of that may no longer apply but a lot of it still does.

You honestly saying that in the 20+ years that the Irish lotto (for example) has been running that no one working there has ever leaked the winner?

Come on dude :pac: Sure how could you ever prove it? Unless The Herald, or whatever, themselves says that they got it from a Lotto employee. Which they wouldnt do. leka would be attributed to from a family member or friend who knew.

FloatingVoter · 23-09-2014 11:38PM

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

You honestly saying that in the 20+ years that the Irish lotto (for example) has been running that no one working there has ever leaked the winner?

Come on dude :pac: Sure how could you ever prove it? Unless The Herald, or whatever, themselves says that they got it from a Lotto employee. Which they wouldnt do. leka would be attributed to from a family member or friend who knew.

Who's been leaked ? Plenty of people opt for the publicity shots (syndicate winners especially). Dolores McNamara's win didn't leak - it exploded out of Limerick due to it all coming out in a bar on a Friday night.
We've had a history of very discreet confidential wins.

My name is URL · 29-09-2014 09:28PM

They're still on about this. There was just a segment about it on the 9'o'clock news.

They said the 'winners want to remain anonymous' and in the next breath say the 'search has narrowed'. Had interviews from locals saying they wanted to ask the winners for money and all.

Do they have nothing better to be at in Montrose? Bunch of twats

fleet_admiral · 29-09-2014 09:36PM

I read somewhere earlier that it was won in Ballybrack, south Dublin. Very working class so hopefully they all had familis

Macavity. · 29-09-2014 09:39PM

I wish they'd just leave me alone at this stage.

nullzero · 29-09-2014 10:38PM

fleet_admiral wrote: »

I read somewhere earlier that it was won in Ballybrack, south Dublin. Very working class so hopefully they all had familis

Bordered by some of the most wealthy areas in the country. Pat Kenny would probably view that as his local centra. F**king Bono could have nipped down there to buy a ticket ffs.

doolox · 29-09-2014 10:47PM

I wish the journos, the lowest form of animal life on this planet, would leave the lotto story and the winners alone.

One can only imagine the security and safety issues involved if their identities or the identities of their near relatives was made public.

RTE and the other leeches should leave this alone.

Rte on the trail of the euro million winner.......

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