'Guaranteed' new Irish Lotto millionaire on the way after mega EuroMillions win
Excitement is growing for punters across the country as they rush to tills for a chance to be the next big winner.
As Saturday's Lotto jackpot rolls towards an estimated €10million, the National Lottery have said one lucky player is 'guaranteed' to be celebrating. Celebrations at Clifford's Centra on Shandon Street in Cork city centre after they sold the winning ticket for Ireland's biggest ever EuroMillions jackpot. Pic: Mac Innes Photography
The Lotto Plus Raffle typically sees between 60 and 120 winners of €500 in every draw, but for this Saturday's draw, Lotto bosses are adding a GUARANTEED to be won €1million to the Lotto Plus Raffle prize fund.
Every ticket with the winning Lotto Plus Raffle number drawn in tomorrow'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.
But that's not all! Players will also have the chance to win the estimated €10million jackpot. It's no €250million, but still a life-changing sum! Pic: Getty Images
While there was no Lotto jackpot winner last Saturday, there were more than 101,000 winners across the draws.
Amongst the winners across the Lotto and Lotto Plus draws was a player who won the Match5+Bonus prize of €103,318.
It comes not long after a Dublin Lotto player missed out on a life-changing €500,000 prize which they won on the March 29 2pm Daily Millions draw. Pic: Derick P. Hudson/Shutterstock.
Lotto players have just 90 days to claim prizes they win, with the National Lottery appealing to players who bought tickets at Tesco in Stillorgan to check to see if they had the winning ticket.
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