EuroMillions results: No winner of jackpot but thousands of players win prizes
While there was no winner of the EuroMillions jackpot, worth a life-changing €64,874,337 in total, over 49,000 players in Ireland won prizes in the EuroMillions and Plus games - including 10 winners of the Ireland only raffle.
The lucky raffle winners all scooped up €5,000 after the draw. The winning codes were:
Plenty of players still won small prizes in the main EuroMillions draw. The winning numbers were: 19, 29, 42, 45, 48 and the Lucky Stars 5 and 7.
There was also no winner of the Plus top prize, worth €500,000, but 62 players managed to snap up €2,000. The winning numbers were 6, 16, 34, 36 and 43.
Meanwhile, one lucky Irish Lotto player is guaranteed to become a millionaire after Saturday's special Lotto plus raffle.
The Lotto Plus Raffle typically sees between 60 and 120 winners of €500 in every draw but for this Saturday's draw, the National Lottery is adding a guaranteed-to-be-won €1 million to the Lotto Plus Raffle prize fund.
Each of the tickets with the winning Lotto Plus Raffle number drawn in Saturday night's draw will be entered into a once-off draw, where one ticket will be selected to win an additional prize of €1 million, as well as the usual €500 Raffle prize.
So far this year, 13 National Lottery players have become millionaires and tomorrow night's Lotto draw is guaranteed to see another winner added to this list.
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