Lucky Irish Lotto player wins jaw-dropping 5-figure sum but narrowly misses out on landing €2m jackpot by single ball
But the player just narrowly missed out on the main
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However, they still walked away with a huge sum after matching five numbers and the bonus ball.
As a result, they bagged a whopping €78,500.
The location of the winning ticket has not yet been revealed.
In total, over 54,000 players won
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The bonus number was 40.
There was no winner of the €2,000,000 top prize in the Lotto main draw this evening.
But eleven players did manage to match five numbers to win €1,658.
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There was no winner of the Lotto Plus One top prize, worth a whopping €1,000,000.
But six players managed to match five numbers to win €500.
'Gold rush' for Ireland's luckiest shop where Dolores McNamara nabbed €115m ticket after second life-changing Lotto win
The winning numbers in tonight's Lotto Plus One draw were: 4, 27, 28, 36, 40 and 41.
And the bonus number was 29.
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No one managed to bag the top prize of €250,000 in the Lotto Plus Two draw.
However, 21 players matched five numbers to win €250.
The numbers pulled in tonight's Lotto Plus Two draw were: 2, 9, 17, 19, 23 and 24.
The bonus number drawn was 28.
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Tonight's winning raffle number was 8339, which saw 52 winners of the Raffle Prize each receiving €500.
EUROMILLIONS WINNERS' ROLL CALL
Here is the roll call of the 16 lucky 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 lucky Mayo family shared a €17 million jackpot prize with a ticket they purchased in Mulroy's Londis, at the Moneen Roundabout, Castlebar, Co. Mayo.
16. July 2020: An online player from Co. Dublin won the €49.5 million jackpot with a €2.50 Normal Play ticket.
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In total, over 54,000 players won prizes in the Lotto & Lotto Plus draws tonight
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