It was a weekend of millionaire madness – as not one, not two, but four National Lottery players scooped a Top Prize of €1 Million in the EuroMillions, Lotto and Daily Million draws which took place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday!
The first big win of the weekend kicked off on Friday (17th May), when a player from Co. Cork scooped the EuroMillions Ireland Only Raffle top prize worth €1,005,000. The player purchased their winning quick pick ticket in Corcoran’s Centra in Rushbrooke Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork.
Owner of the store Alan Corcoran said he was over the moon to get the call, as this is the biggest win his store has had to date: “I’m absolutely delighted, I cannot put into words what this means for us! It’s our first big win in the store and we just hope it's one of our loyal regular customers. We’re definitely going to share this joy with our hardworking staff and give them a little treat. They’re honestly such a mighty bunch, and we’re looking forward to celebrating with them. We’re also looking forward to the buzz this will create over the next couple of days, and we wish the winner every best with their prize”.
The National Lottery can confirm that the Cork winner has been in contact and arrangements are being made for them to collect their prize.
The second big win took place on Saturday night when a player from Dublin scored the Lotto Plus 1 Top Prize of an incredible €1 Million. The winning store location for this prize-winning ticket will be revealed tomorrow (Tuesday 21st May).
The winning numbers in the Saturday 18th May Lotto Plus 1 draw were: 07, 11, 12, 27, 33, 47 and the bonus was 01.
The third and fourth big wins of the weekend took place yesterday (Sunday 19th of May) when TWO Daily Million winners scooped the top prizes in the 2pm and 9pm draws.
This is the first time in National Lottery history where two Daily Million Top Prizes have been won on the same day!
The winner of the 2pm Daily Million draw top prize worth €1 million was an online player in Co. Meath and the winner of the 9pm Daily Million top prize was a player in Co. Kerry. The store in The Kingdom which sold the winning ticket worth €1 Million will also be announced tomorrow (Tuesday 21st May).
The National Lottery can confirm today that both Daily Million winners from Meath and Kerry have already been in contact and arrangements are being made for them to collect their prize over the next couple of weeks.
The National Lottery are still waiting to hear from the Dublin winner who scooped the Lotto Plus 1 top prize on Saturday night (18th May) and so are urging Lotto players to carefully check their tickets. The winner, who now has a ticket worth €1 million, is advised to sign the back of their ticket and keep it safe. They should make contact with the National Lottery prize claims team on 1800 666 222 or email claims@lottery.ie and arrangements will be made for them to claim their life-changing prize in Lotto HQ.
National Lottery spokesperson Sarah Ruane said “Well, what an unbelievable weekend that was! FOUR Lottery millionaires made in just three days – it's millionaire madness! I’m delighted to confirm that the phones in our Claims Department were hopping this morning and we’ve already had contact from our Friday night’s EuroMillions Ireland Only Raffle winner in Cork and the two Daily Million top prize winners from yesterday’s draw in Meath and Kerry. I must mention that it’s the first time ever in National Lottery history where we’ve had two top prize winners of the Daily Million draw on the same day! We’re absolutely delighted for our winners and look forward to their visit to the Winners Room in Lottery HQ soon”.
We’re still waiting to hear from Saturday night’s Lotto Plus 1 top prize winner from Dublin. So, we’re, today, urging all our players who may have bought a ticket in the capital to check their tickets carefully and contact our prize claims team if they are the winner”, she added.
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