Frank McDaid from Moville, Co. Donegal won €58,000 on the National Lottery Winning Streak Game Show on RTE, on the 7 February 2014. Pictured at the presentation of winning cheques were, from left to right: Sinead Kennedy, game show co-host; Frank McDaid, the winning player; Eddie Banville, Head of Marketing, The National Lottery and Marty Whelan, game show co-host. The winning ticket was bought from EuroSpar, Newtowncunningham, Co. Donegal.
Pic: Mac Innes Photography
A CO Donegal man is celebrating after winning €58,000 on RTE’s Winning Streak.
Frank McDiad from Moville pocketed the cash in the weekend show.
Frank and his wife Elizabeth have been married for the past 43 years. They met in Glasgow and moved first to Cork before settling in their native Donegal in 1980.
They have six children – Mary, Martina, James, Fiona, Frank and Aisling and have eight grandchildren.
Their daughter Martina flew in for the show from San Jose, California with her two children Evelyn and Jack.
It was either he or Elizabeth that bought the Scratch Card. They were recording Winning Streak and watching it last Saturday when Frank’s sister-in-law Marian rang and told them the wonderful news. Pandemonium occurred in the McDaid household after that!
Frank enjoys watching sport and soccer in particular. He has no lucky charms but he is lucky in life and things work out well for him.
He would like to pay another visit to California. He was there to visit his daughter and really enjoyed the experience. This time he would like to go to Las Vegas as well!