One lucky Irish ticket wins Rs 2,200 crore jackpot — nation's biggest ever lottery victory
Someone in Ireland just hit the kind of jackpot that makes fairy tales feel underwhelming. A single ticket-holder has bagged the entire £208 million EuroMillions prize that's Rs 2,184 crore instantly turning their wallet heavier than most small nations' GDPs.
The Irish National Lottery confirmed the massive win on Tuesday night and urged players to double-check their tickets. The prize had been sitting at its cap of €250 million (around Rs 2,250 crore) for two weeks before it was finally claimed.
'We are absolutely thrilled to see this incredible and record win for an Irish EuroMillions player,' said Cian Murphy, chief executive of the Irish National Lottery, in a statement to Metro UK. 'We are advising our players to check their tickets and, if they are the winner, sign the back of the ticket, keep it safe, and contact National Lottery HQ and we will guide you through the claims process.'
Murphy said the location of the winning ticket would be revealed as soon as possible, adding: 'With such a big win we have procedures to follow, but we will reveal the winning location as soon as we can. While this is a massive win, it can come as a shock to a winner and we advise them to stay calm, get independent legal and financial advice and contact us as soon as they can.'
Had the jackpot been won by a UK ticket holder, they would have become the biggest EuroMillions winner in British history.
The winning numbers drawn on Tuesday, June 17, were 13, 22, 23, 44, and 49, with the Lucky Stars being 03 and 05. The Millionaire Maker code for the night was XPCD66044, creating a new millionaire in the UK.
While the main jackpot was claimed by one lucky individual, other players also walked away with life-changing amounts. Three people matched five numbers and one Lucky Star to win £6,287,001.20 each, which is around Rs 66 crore. Sixteen ticket holders matched five main numbers and won £16,119.10 each, or approximately Rs 16.9 lakh. Seventy-seven others matched four numbers and two Lucky Stars to win £1,043.20, which converts to roughly Rs 1.1 lakh.
If there had been no jackpot winner, Friday's draw would have triggered a 'Must Be Won' event in which the prize would roll down to the next winning tier. Now that the capped jackpot has been won, the top prize for the next EuroMillions draw on Friday, June 20, will reset to £14 million, or about Rs 147 crore.
Although this is Ireland's biggest win, the largest EuroMillions jackpot in history remains the €250 million (Rs 2,250 crore) claimed by an Austrian player in March 2025.
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