Lucky player in Ireland scoops €500k prize in Friday's EuroMillions draw
While there was no winner of the EuroMillions jackpot, in total over 68,000 players in Ireland won prizes in the EuroMillions and Plus games - including one winner of the Plus top prizes, who scooped €500,000.
The winning ticket was sold in Wexford. The winning numbers for the Plus draw were: 5, 21, 26, 27 and 40.
The winning numbers for the main draw were: 2, 12, 19, 34, 44 and the Lucky Stars 6 and 10. There were also 10 winners of the Ireland Only Raffle, winning €5,000. The winning raffle numbers were: I-SMQ-01702
I-SMV-00970
I-SMV-54055
I-SMV-97615
I-SMW-18348
I-SMX-69359
I-SMX-77679
I-SMZ-39213
I-SNC-29677
I-SND-20499
Meanwhile, the search is under way to find Ireland's latest big Lotto winner who came remarkably close to taking home the jackpot prize of €13,704,859 in Saturday night's draw.
They narrowly missed out on the top prize, but the lucky player still secured a hefty €60,394 by matching five of the six numbers, plus the bonus. The winning combination was 2, 3, 6, 9, 24, 39 and bonus 34.
As the mystery winner has yet to come forward, the National Lottery has issued an appeal for all players to carefully check their numbers. As part of the appeal, they have confirmed exactly where the golden ticket was purchased.
It has been confirmed that the winning Quick Pick ticket was purchased on the day of the draw from Tesco in Athenry Shopping Centre, Co Galway.
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