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The Irish Sun
2 days ago
- General
- The Irish Sun
Lotto bosses reveal where life-changing €259k ticket sold as players urged to check slips
LOTTO bosses have revealed where a life-changing ticket worth €259,089 was sold after one lucky player bagged the cash in last night's draw. The winning Quick Pick ticket was purchased on June 5 from Daybreak, Main Street, Kenmare, Co. Advertisement 1 Players are being urged to check their tickets The winning numbers in last night's (Saturday, 7 th June) Lotto draw were: 5, 7, 22, 23, 36, 47 and the bonus was 19. While there was no winner of the Lotto jackpot worth €6,594,226, in total, over 97,000 players won prizes in the Lotto and Lotto Plus draws including our Kerry player who matched five numbers and the bonus in the main Lotto draw. "If you bought your ticket in Kenmare, now's the time to double-check, you could be Ireland's newest big winner.' Advertisement READ MORE IN MONEY The National Lottery is urging all players in the Kerry area to check their tickets carefully and contact the National Lottery prize claims team on 1800 666 222 or email Earlier this week, a lucky syndicate that won a The 'Jacks of All Trades' group from Co The 11 members have a varied history, having built kitchens, fixed leaking pipes and wired Advertisement Most read in Money The group, made up of Their system appears to have worked, after always relying on one group chat and one Penneys 'Lotto Lovelies' collect huge cheque at National Lottery HQ The tickets were always made up of three lines with the plus, and everyone would keep an eye on each of them. They collected their huge win today at Advertisement The winning ticket was sold in Applegreen on Newfoundwell Road, in Greenbatter, Drogheda, Co Louth. I-SDL-14299 was the winning raffle number that got the lads their huge Richard recounted the moment he found out they won - but thought it was just €5,000. He explained that shortly after the draw, one member checked the tickets and sent a message into the group that said: "This is a winner!" Advertisement He added: "Then one of the lads said, 'Check again, we've won a lot more than that. There's a special raffle on.' "I thought he was pulling my leg… until I looked it up. That's when I saw we'd won an extra €250,000!"
The Irish Sun
6 days ago
- Business
- The Irish Sun
‘Jacks of All Trades' syndicate go public as they collect huge EuroMillions win five years after starting group
A LUCKY syndicate that won a huge €255,000 in a EuroMillions Ireland-Only raffle has gone public. The 'Jacks of All Trades' group from Co. Advertisement 4 Emma Monaghan from the National Lottery with the 'Jacks of All Trades' syndicate from Co. Louth Credit: Robbie Reynolds 4 The 11 lads claimed a €255,000 prize in the EuroMillions Ireland-Only Raffle Credit: Robbie Reynolds 4 They had been playing together for five years Credit: Robbie Reynolds The 11 members have a varied history, having built kitchens, fixed leaking pipes and wired The group, made up of Their system appears to have worked, after always relying on one group chat and one The tickets were always made up of three lines with the plus, and everyone would keep an eye on each of them. Advertisement READ MORE IN MONEY They collected their huge win today at The winning ticket was sold in Applegreen on Newfoundwell Road, in Greenbatter, Drogheda, Co. Louth. I-SDL-14299 was the winning raffle number that got the lads their huge Richard recounted the moment he found out they won - but thought it was just €5,000. Advertisement Most read in Money He explained that shortly after the draw, one member checked the tickets and sent a message into the group that said: "This is a winner!" He added: "Then one of the lads said, 'Check again, we've won a lot more than that. There's a special raffle on.' Penneys 'Lotto Lovelies' collect huge cheque at National Lottery HQ "I thought he was pulling my leg… until I looked it up. That's when I saw we'd won an extra €250,000! 'The phone was hopping with calls and texts for the rest of the night. It was madness but great excitement!" Advertisement After calling the But they all have different plans for their share of the win - one member is buying a couch for his partner, while another is helping a The group chat is also understandably full of Meanwhile, three Irish punters are celebrating after Advertisement While one player was only one ball off the massive main prize of over €238million, two players won €500,000 in the Plus Over 60,000 players in Ireland won prizes in the One lucky player matched five numbers and one lucky star, winning an eye-watering €212,330. And the winning ticket was sold in Co Advertisement There was no winner of the EuroMillions jackpot tonight, which was sitting at €238,816,941 - and rolls over to €250m for the next draw. The numbers in the main draw were 11, 13, 25, 27 and 40 and the two lucky stars drawn were 5 and 7. The numbers pulled in the Plus draw were 1, 3, 9, 10 and 12. Two Irish players matched all five numbers to win €500,000 each. Advertisement The winning tickets were sold in 4 The group celebrated their win at National Lottery HQ Credit: Robbie Reynolds Irish EuroMillions jackpot winners HERE's all the Irish EuroMillions jackpot winners to date. 1. July 2005: Dolores McNamara from Limerick, was Ireland's first and biggest EuroMillions winner scooping over €115 million. 2. July 2008: A lucky player from Co. Tipperary won a €15 million jackpot with a ticket bought in Carrick-on-Suir in Co. Tipperary. 3. June 2009: A family syndicate shared the jackpot with a British winner, taking home over €29.4 million with a ticket they purchased in Dublin. 4. June 2013: A winning ticket sold in Beaumount, Dublin, shared a EuroMillions jackpot worth over €187 million. A Dublin player earned half of the jackpot and picked up over €93 million. 5. September 2013: A young man from the South East shared a jackpot of over €25 million with a player in Spain, taking home over €12.8 million. 6. April 2014: A jackpot prize worth €15 million was claimed on a ticket sold in Castlebar, Co. Mayo. 7. September 2014: An €86.7 million jackpot was won by a syndicate from Dublin. The ticket was sold in Centra, Ballybrack, Co. Dublin. 8. January 2016: A syndicate of friends won over €66 million, splitting the jackpot of €132,376,632. The ticket was sold in Eason's store, Fairgreen Shopping Centre, Carlow. 9. July 2016: 22 colleagues from Dublin Bus won the €23.8 million. The ticket was sold in O'Hanlon's Portarlington. 10. January 2017: A Dublin work syndicate claimed the €88.5 million EuroMillions jackpot. The winning ticket was sold at the Applegreen Service Station on the M1 Northbound in Lusk, Co. Dublin. 11. July 2017: A syndicate from the West of Ireland won a €29 million EuroMillions jackpot. The ticket was sold in Garryduff XL Store on Pound Road, Castlebar in Co. Mayo. 12. December 2017: A small family syndicate from Dublin won €38.9 million on a ticket purchased in The Village Shop in Malahide Shopping Centre 13. June 2018: 32 colleagues from Stakelums Hardware store in Thurles Co. Tipperary share a €17 million EuroMillions jackpot with a ticket they purchased at Eason's Store in Thurles Shopping Centre in Co. Tipperary. 14. February 2019: The Naul Family Syndicate won €175.4 million on a ticket sold in Reilly's Daybreak in Naul, Co. Dublin. 15. February 2020: A Co. Mayo family shared the €17 million jackpot with a ticket they purchased at Mulroy's Londis Store in Castlebar. 16. July 2020: An online player in Dublin won a €49.5 million jackpot which they won with a €2.50 normal play ticket. 17. February 2022: Mid-West ticket holder scoops €30.9 million jackpot with Quick Pick ticket they purchased at Larkin's Gala Service Station in Ballina, Co. Tipperary.
