Record £208m EuroMillions jackpot is STILL unclaimed: Hunt for the lucky player who is quarter of a billion euro richer and doesn't know it...have you checked YOUR pockets?

Daily Mail​

6 hours ago

With the record-breaking £208 million EuroMillions jackpot continuing unclaimed, the race to find the lucky winner is intensifying.
Somewhere in Ireland, someone is half a billion euros richer following Tuesday night's draw, but somehow they are yet to pick up their golden prize.
The winning numbers in the draw, which had rolled over several times, were 13, 22, 23, 44 and 49, with lucky stars 3 and 5.
Last night, the National Lottery revealed that Munster in Ireland was the province in which the ticket containing the winning numbers was bought
This will be Ireland's 18th winner of the EuroMillions jackpot and its largest win.
But bosses are keeping tight-lipped and would not go into detail on the shop, town or county where it was bought from.
Emma Monaghan of the National Lottery told the Irish Times that a small number of people at the National Lottery HQ were aware of the exact time and place the ticket was sold.
But she emphasised that sharing the information gradually was not meant to tease the public, and rather, the intention was to give the winner or winners time to process the life-changing news and to consider their next steps carefully.
By withholding some key details for a few days, the winners will have the chance to consider their radically changed future without being overwhelmed by the inevitable rumours that will follow once the exact location of the winning ticket is revealed.
Not only do the winners need time to get their affairs in order, but the National Lottery also requires time to organise the funds, as it does not have the €250 million prize readily available at its headquarters.
It has already begun collecting tens of millions of euros from across Europe to ensure that the 18th Irish EuroMillions jackpot winner can receive their oversized cheque, likely by the end of next week.
In an online post, last night, the Irish National Lottery said: 'We can reveal the province where the 250 million euro winning ticket was sold... MUNSTER. Check those EuroMillions tickets.'
National Lottery spokesperson Emma Monaghan told RTE Radio someone in Ireland was 'quarter of a billion euro richer' and were yet to claim the prize.
She said the ticket for the 'eye-watering prize' was bought in a retail store.
'If at all possible stay calm, I know that might be easier said than done. Have a cup of tea and let it sink in.'
The lucky winner will join a housewife, Dolores McNamara, who became £77 million richer after she on the jackpot in 2005.
The then-45-year-old was in a pub with friends when she learned she had won.
An impromptu party broke out around the Irish mother of six as she calmly downed a brandy before bursting into tears at her good fortune.
At the time she was adamant she would keep her and her family's feet 'firmly on the ground' after the life-changing win.
With the massive media attention centred on her, she bought a lakeside mansion for €1.7 million which sits on 24 acres of land for her son Gary to expand his farming business, according to LimerickLive.
She also bought homes for her six children in the area and, about seven years after her win, spent over €3million on Tinarana House, a 19th-century Victorian mansion set on 244 acres overlooking Lough Derg, previously owned by former Co Clare GP Paschal Carmody.
Behind Ms McNamara's victory happened in 2008 a player from Tipperary won £13 million.
In 2019, a family syndicate from Dublin was the lucky winner of an Euromilion's prize worth more than £152million.
Despite being a multi-millionaire, Matt Rogers did not buy any mansions or buy any fancy sports cars when he received his vast sun.
Instead he remained in his native village in north Co Dublin and bought a Peugeot SUV.
And when asked what advice he would give to the new winners, he told The Sun: 'I would tell them to keep calm, just enjoy your life, don't really change too much.
'Don't let it change you.'
Dubliners shared what they would with the vast sum when asked by RTE.
One man said he would 'sit back and do nothing for a while' adding that he would help family and look to help with world hunger.
But he added the winnings might be 'hard to hide' and that he could splurge out on a new 'large car outside instead of the usual banger'.
'I would go on holiday and buy an apartment in Spain,' another woman said, while a young man said that he would buy a house and 'travel around Europe'.