Irish EuroMillions punter bought life-changing ticket 'just in the nick of time'
One Limerick Lotto player is celebrating after a last-minute dash to the shop resulted in a life-changing €255,000 EuroMillions win.
The Limerick man claimed the huge sum in the EuroMillions Ireland Only Raffle prize on May 9, purchasing his winning ticket at Moloney's Daybreak in Carrigkerry, Athea.
The Ireland Only Raffle produces ten winners of the €5,000 Ireland Only Raffle Prize, with a winner in each draw winning a bonus €250,000 in each draw for the month of May. One Limerick Lotto player is celebrating after a last-minute dash to the shop resulted in a life-changing €255,000 EuroMillions win. Pic: Julien Behal Photography
Past winners include four Dublin players, Meath and Wicklow.
The most recent winner recalled how he was 'just in the nick of time' to buy his ticket after popping to the shop for a few bits for the family.
His partner laughed as she shared: 'It's funny because all weekend he kept joking, asking if I thought he might have the winning ticket. The Limerick man claimed the huge sum in the EuroMillions Ireland Only Raffle prize on May 9, purchasing his winning ticket at Moloney's Daybreak in Carrigkerry, Athea. Pic: Derick P. Hudson/Shutterstock.
'We heard it was won in Limerick, but he kept putting off checking it.'
The couple are set to fast-track their dream of building a new family home, saying, 'It's been a long journey, but this win means we can finally move things along.
'We're over the moon, and it still doesn't feel real!' The Ireland Only Raffle produces ten winners of the €5,000 Ireland Only Raffle Prize, with a winner in each draw winning a bonus €250,000 in each draw for the month of May. Pic: Getty Images
Tonight (Tuesday, May 27) is the final chance for Lotto punters to try their luck with two more €250,000 prizes still to be won in the EuroMillions Ireland Only Raffle this May.
Meanwhile, the EuroMillions jackpot soars to an estimated eye-watering jackpot.
Players can purchase tickets for the draw in-store, through the National Lottery app or online ahead of the 7.30pm cut off.
Nearly 30 cent in every €1 spent on National Lottery games goes back to Good Causes in the areas of sport, youth, health, welfare, education, arts, heritage and the Irish Language.
More than €6.5 billion has been raised for Good Causes since the beginning of National Lottery 37 years ago.
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