Irish punter nabs life-changing €250k in latest Lotto draw as bosses reveal winning ticket location

The Irish Sun

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A LOTTO punter is celebrating after bagging a life-changing prize in Wednesday night's Lotto Plus 2 draw.
The lucky winner has scooped a whopping €250,000 prize.
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Over 65,000 players won prizes in the Lotto and Lotto Plus draws
The
The winning numbers for the
Those lucky numbers for the main Lotto draw were 6, 8, 11, 21, 40, 41 and the bonus was 17.
There was no winner of the Lotto jackpot worth €5,386,328.
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Over 65,000 players won prizes in the Lotto and Lotto Plus draws.
There was also no winner of the Lotto Plus 1 top prize worth of €1,000.000.
The lucky numbers for the
The winning raffle number is 9691.
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There were also 58 winners of the raffle prize each receiving €500 each.
The winner has been urged to check their clips carefully, sign them immediately and keep them safe if it's the winning ticket.
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They have been urged to make contact with the prize claims team on 1800 666 222 or email [e-mail].
And arrangements will be made for them to claim their top prize in
Meanwhile, a lucky winner has told how it "still doesn't feel real" after collecting a
The player bought his ticket at Moloney's Daybreak in Carrigkerry, Athea, Co
ANOTHER BIG WIN
He said: 'I was just grabbing a few bits for the family when I asked the shop assistant if I was too late for a EuroMillions ticket.
"She told me I was just in the nick of time, and that ticket turned out to be the big one!'
His partner shared a laugh in the winners' room, saying: 'It's funny because all weekend he kept joking, asking if I thought he might have the winning ticket.
"We heard it was won in Limerick, but he kept putting off checking it!'
FAMILY HOME DREAM
Now €255,000 richer, the couple are fast-tracking their dream of building a new family home.
They said: '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!'
This series of special EuroMillions Ireland Only Raffles guarantees players a top-up in the prize fund for all nine draws, every Tuesday and Friday, over the month of May.
Typically, every
draw produces ten winners of the €5,000 Ireland Only Raffle prize
.
But this month, in addition to the normal Raffle prize, one winner in each draw this month will win a dazzling €250,000 on top of the usual €5,000 Raffle prize.
TOP LOTTO WINS
28-Jun-08 Dan Morrissey Syndicate from Carlow claim Ireland's biggest ever win of 18,963,441.
14-Apr-10 Waterford couple purchase their winning ticket at Easons store in Dungarvan Co. Waterford worth 16,717,717.
23-Oct-10 Dublin man wins massive jackpot with ticket bought at Donnybrook Fair in Dublin 4 worth 16,390,239
28-Jul-07 The Cunningham family from Cork City become Lotto multi-millionaires after buying their ticket at their local Centra store in Farranree, Co. Cork. They won 16,185,749
26-Apr-08 Family from Co. Dublin share the mega jackpot with a lucky ticket from Rowlagh Newsagent in Clondalkin, Dublin 22 worth 15,658,143.
12-Mar-08 Kildare couple buy their life-changing ticket in Tesco, Newbridge Co. Kildare worth 14,543,033.
18-Apr-09 Dublin couple purchase their winning ticket at the Spar store in Glenageary, Co Dublin worth 14,530,193.
26-Mar-11 Two separate players in Cavan and Cork each share the jackpot of 14,037,236.
23-Jan-16 Winning ticket purchased at Carey's store in Belmullet, Co Mayo worth 13,793,435.
22-Dec-07 Winning ticket sold at News & Choose store in in Loughrea, Co Galway worth 13,295,379.
27-May-09 Dalkey Post Office, Co. Dublin sells the lucky winning ticket worth 13,150,324.
01-Sept-21 It could be you!€13 Million (EST)
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The lucky winner has scooped a whopping €250,000 prize
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