Irish player bags €500k in EuroMillions draw as winning ticket location revealed as €250mill jackpot up for grabs
A LUCKY player is celebrating after bagging a huge prize in last night's EuroMillions draw.
And the location where the ticket was purchased has been revealed.
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A lucky player in Loughlinstown has won a huge prize
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The National Lottery bosses confirmed that the lucky punter who bagged the win is located in
The Quick Pick ticket was purchased on Wednesday, June 11, at Daybreak in Loughlinstown Shopping Centre.
The winning numbers in last night's EuroMillions Plus draw were: 5, 25, 35, 37 and 45.
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The winner is urged to keep their ticket safe and contact the claims office to get information on how to cash in their mega prize.
This comes after a Dubliner based in Swords secured a huge win on June 10.
But that's not the only winner of the draw, as 151 winners claimed a huge prize of €2,000 while 5318 players bagged €20 each.
Meanwhile, the main
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Emma Monaghan,
"We're absolutely buzzing to see where and when this life-changing prize will be won.
"And with just two more draws before the jackpot must be won on Friday, 20 June, the countdown is on!
We run 'world's luckiest shop' & have sold 3 winning lotto tickets in 6 months
"Tuesday's draw could be the one that makes history for our Irish players."
A "Must Be Won" draw will be triggered on Friday, June 20, where a lucky winner will become a mega millionaire, even richer than
This means that the money will have to be given to someone that night.
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Players can therefore win the huge sum of cash, without matching all five numbers and two lucky stars.
If no one matches the five numbers and two lucky stars, the fund will roll down to the next tier, meaning anyone who matches five numbers and one lucky star will share the eye-watering prize.
If no one is a winner in this tier, then players who have matched just the five main numbers will share the prize.
The jackpot will keep moving down a tier until there is a winner.
Last night's winning numbers were 2, 28, 40, 43 and 45, and the two lucky stars were 3 and 7.
Only two players managed to match four numbers and two stars, winning €1,558 each.
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