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Lucky Irish punter nabs ‘life-enhancing' €225k in final EuroMillions special draw as winning ticket location revealed
A LUCKY player is celebrating after bagging the final eye-watering prize in Friday night's draw - as Lotto bosses reveal location the ticket was sold.
The EuroMillions player has scooped a whopping €225,000.
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A lucky player has scooped themselves a huge prize of €255,000
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The winning Quick Pick ticket was purchased on the day of the draw from Duffy's Service Station on Turlough Road in Castlebar, Co
The winning raffle number in last night's
The Mayo winner has claimed Ireland's ninth and final
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The limited series of special EuroMillions draws was designed to guarantee nine players a huge prize of €225,000 for all nine draws, every Tuesday and Friday during May.
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A spokesperson for the National Lottery, Emma Monaghan, said: "While there was no winner of last night's EuroMillions jackpot worth €218,316,095, over 81,000 players in Ireland won prizes in the EuroMillions and EuroMillions plus games.
"This includes one Raffle Ticket winner: I- SDZ-53784 from Castlebar, Co. Mayo, who scooped a life-enhancing €255,000 in our special EuroMillions Ireland Only Raffle draw."
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While there were no winners of the EuroMillions jackpot in last night's draw, which could have made someone €218,316,095 richer.
The EuroMillions numbers drawn in the main draw were 4, 7, 14, 33, 36 with 1 and 5 as lucky stars.
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Only one player managed to match four numbers and two stars, winning themselves a huge prize of €1,557.
LIFE-CHANGING PRIZE
Meanwhile, a Lotto punter is
The lucky winner has scooped a whopping €250,000 prize.
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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.
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.
WHAT COULD YOU BUY WITH €19 MILLION?
WINNING tonight's €19 million jackpot would be instantly life-changing.
But what could you buy if you took home tonight's top prize?
WORLD'S SECOND MOST EXPENSIVE CAR
The world's second-most expensive car is the Bugatti La Voiture Noire which goes for a whopping €18,700,000.
You'd have around €300,000 of your winnings left over for maintenance.
126 NIGHTS IN THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE HOTEL
The world's most expensive hotel is the Lover's Deep Luxury Submarine Hotel in St Lucia.
The submarine-come hotel is underwater and can move around the Caribbean at the guest's request.
However, it costs a whopping €125,000 a night, meaning if you won tonight's jackpot you could stay there for 126 nights.
316 WALKING STICKS BELONGING TO MICHAEL COLLINS
A walking stick belonging to Irish hero Michel Collins was sold at an auction in Belfast yesterday for £52,000 (€60,000).
If you won the €19 million jackpot, theoretically you could afford to buy the walking stick 316 times.
42 TRIPS TO SPACE WITH VIRGIN GALACTIC
Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic project to create space tourism is almost a reality.
Tickets for a space flight seat currently start at $450,000 (€386,000) meaning you could take 49 trips to space and back with the €19 million winnings.
6,552 ARSENAL SEASON TICKETS
Arsenal currently have the most expensive season tickets out of any Premier League club.
The Gunners' most expensive season ticket for home games this season will set you back £2,545 (€2,900).
However, if you won tonight's top prize you could buy that season ticket for yourself and 6,551 friends.
