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16 August 2005
'I Won't Be Retiring' Says
Millionaire Jim
National
Lottery
millionaire Jim Hume's feet still haven't touched the ground
since picking up his whopping 1.25m cheque on
Thursday.
And while the 60-year old
is still coming to terms with his life-changing win, one
thing is certain - he won't be retiring. "I'll be going back
to work next Monday as usual," said Jim, who is an area
manager for Nugent's bar supplies firm in Lurgan, Co.
Armagh.
"At the end of the day,
when you convert the winnings into Sterling, it's not a
million anymore, it's around £860,000. You lose a good
bit in the conversion," the father-of-three told the
'Journal' yesterday.
"I'll be looking after my
children and grandchildren first and foremost and I don't
know what I'll do with the rest. But if a nice holiday home
presents itself, then who knows?" he added.
Jim, who lives at Church
View in Strabane, was on his annual summer holidays when he
discovered he had won a half share in last Wednesday's
midweek Irish Lotto jackpot of more than 2.5million. His
precise winnings were 1,254,049 with a 4 ticket he bought
in O'Neill's of Bridgend on the day of the
draw.
What many won't know,
however, is that four of Jim's winning numbers, which he
plays every week, were replicated on another line of the
same ticket, winning him a further S 40. And as if to prove
that good luck comes in threes, Jim won a further d 18 with
his favourite numbers in Saturday's LOTTO draw.
Commenting on the minute
he realised his mega-win however, he said: "I discovered I
had won at 11.45pm on Wednesday night when I checked my
ticket at the kitchen table. I let a roar out to Brenda, who
was in bed, that I had won the LOTTO and I will not repeat
what she said to me," he laughed. "I have played LOTTO every
week since it started and the most I had won in the past was
a Match 5 prize some years ago," he added.
The other half-share
winners are understood to be a young Spanish couple who
purchased their ticket in Dublin's Exchequer Street. It has
been reported they have since returned to Spain to
contemplate their windfall.
The youngest brother of
Nobel Peace Laureate, John Hume, Jim and Brenda have three
children, Liam, Sharon and Grainne and five grandchildren
Deirbhile (2), Maeliosa (9), Oilbhea (5), Aoife (7) and
Cahir (4).
Jim is still on holidays
and plans to take a couple of days' break somewhere in
Donegal, though he is coy about the exact location.
"Hopefully, all the fuss will eventually die down and we can
get back to normal."
But Jim is clearly
thrilled with his win and the possibilities it now affords
him and his family.
"It's a manageable sum and
it's a very nice position to be in to know that you can live
comfortably. "My mother Annie, God rest her, if she was
still alive would be very, very proud today," he
adds.
According to National
Lottery figures, Jim was the sixth person to purchase a
jackpot ticket at O'Neill's and the 72nd person from
Northern Ireland to win the jackpot prize.
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