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Mon 12 Dec 2007Galway retailer sells Lotto ticket for €13m jackpot"A celebrity for a day. You feel like you've won it yourself!" This was the reaction of east Galway newsagent Cherry O'Connor yesterday to confirmation that one of her customers is now €13 million richer, writes Lorna Siggins, Western CorrespondentSpeculation was rife as to the identity of the new Lotto winner, who purchased a €12 "Quickpick" ticket at O'Connor's News & Choose shop in Loughrea only to go on to claim the second-biggest prize in National Lottery history.