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| Lottery scoop for Derry's Denis | Lottery scoop for Derry's Denis |
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| A Londonderry man has scooped over £1m in the National Lottery - thanks to a child crying in his local shop. | A Londonderry man has scooped over £1m in the National Lottery - thanks to a child crying in his local shop. |
| Denis Doherty, a 60-year-old retired Du Pont worker, won more than £1.6m thanks to a child crying in his local shop. | Denis Doherty, a 60-year-old retired Du Pont worker, won more than £1.6m thanks to a child crying in his local shop. |
| He was in the queue to fill out his weekly lottery ticket when a woman behind him tried to calm down her young son who wanted her to buy him sweets. | He was in the queue to fill out his weekly lottery ticket when a woman behind him tried to calm down her young son who wanted her to buy him sweets. |
| "I didn't want to hold things up so I just wrote down the first numbers that came into my head." | "I didn't want to hold things up so I just wrote down the first numbers that came into my head." |
| The numbers were 16, 22, 28, 30, 33, 35 - and they landed him a £1,655,605 as a one third share of last Saturday's Lotto jackpot. | The numbers were 16, 22, 28, 30, 33, 35 - and they landed him a £1,655,605 as a one third share of last Saturday's Lotto jackpot. |
| Mr. Doherty said: "Had I been able to take more time to think I have no doubt I would have selected some different numbers. | Mr. Doherty said: "Had I been able to take more time to think I have no doubt I would have selected some different numbers. |
| "None of the numbers had any personal connections like birthdays or anniversaries and had I remembered the date was 07/07/07 I might have been tempted to put in a '7'" | "None of the numbers had any personal connections like birthdays or anniversaries and had I remembered the date was 07/07/07 I might have been tempted to put in a '7'" |
| Denis and his wife Patricia live in the Waterside area of Derry - and have no plans to move. | Denis and his wife Patricia live in the Waterside area of Derry - and have no plans to move. |
| Mrs Doherty said: "We're not going to rush into anything. We will sit back, relax and take it in. Neither of us drinks at all - so there won't be any champagne. | Mrs Doherty said: "We're not going to rush into anything. We will sit back, relax and take it in. Neither of us drinks at all - so there won't be any champagne. |
| "But I do need a new electric tin opener!" | "But I do need a new electric tin opener!" |
| Mr Doherty bought his regular National Lottery ticket at the Spar Trench Road. |