Happy Irish punter scoops over €625,000 in EuroMillions draw but loses out on top prize amid raffle win & €500,000 miss
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Ten players scooped €5,000 in an Ireland Only Raffle
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Nobody claimed the top EuroMillions prize
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The prize is the second highest on offer in the draw, which takes place on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Tonight, the winning five numbers were 24, 38, 41, 45, and 49.
And the two bonus numbers were one and six.
The Irish player who got lucky managed to line up six out of the seven required to win the top prize.
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The EuroMillions jackpot is now set to be an eye-watering €96,858,365.
It will be up for grabs in the upcoming Lotto draw this Friday.
And another chuffed Lotto punter will scoop a handy €14,609 in the EuroMillions draw after matching five numbers.
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But they urged the winners to sign the back of the winning Lotto card and keep it somewhere safe.
They can then make contact with Lotto HQ to claim the cash.
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In the Lotto Plus draw there was no such luck.
The top prize of €500,000 was not claimed by anyone.
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The winning numbers were 15, 3, 19, 20, and 42.
But there were a lucky 10 winners in a special Ireland Only Raffle draw.
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The Ireland Only Raffle is a specially designed ticket pull only available to Irish players.
It guarantees 10 winners every time the draw is held, which is on Tuesdays and Fridays.
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The prize for each of the ten players is €5,000.
The winners of tonight's draw were tickets I-SKQ-26773, I-SKR-24396, I-SKS-67009, and I-SKS-83338.
Also claiming the prize were players I-SKT-08361, I-SKT-39459, I-SKT-45468, and I-SKV-25310.
And I-SKV-34879 and I-SKV-37470 also won big.
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An Irish player will take home over half a million
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