The National Lottery have created a massive 102 brand new millionaires since 2020 with over 1,100 players sharing over €470 million alone in high tier prizes across all draw-based games.
This is according to the National Lottery ‘high tier prizes report’ which captures all draw based game prize wins (Lotto, EuroMillions, Daily Million, Telly Bingo & Millionaire Raffle) in excess of €15,000 (€10,000 for online wins) from January 2020 until January 2023.
In 2021, approximately 90% of all revenue generated from sales of National Lottery games was returned to communities in the shape of prizes (56%), funding Good Causes (29%) and commission to retailers (5%) all over Ireland.
Since 2020, Dublin has unsurprisingly topped the charts for National Lottery wins with over €68 million paid out to 275 players, 22 of which won prizes in excess of €1 million.
In the last three years, ten separate millionaires were made in Co. Cork while Galway and Mayo have had six new millionaires each. Mayo’s biggest winners includes the record-breaking Lotto jackpot win of €19.06 million which was claimed by a Mayo family syndicate in January 2021.
Online players continued to win big for the past three years also with 194 winners claiming over €95 million in high tier prizes. Included in these winners were 17 brand new millionaires, the biggest of which was a Dublin player who scooped a EuroMillions jackpot worth €49.5 million in July 2020.
Already in 2023, a total of four brand new millionaires have been made in the Lotto game alone with the biggest win of the year in Foynes, Co. Limerick which seen a Lotto jackpot prize worth €11.1 million claimed by a syndicate. There was no winner of last Saturday’s (11th February) Lotto jackpot worth over €3.9 million which means that Wednesday’s jackpot is heading for a life-changing €4.5 million.
National Lottery High Tier Winner Data (Draw Based Games): 2020 – 2023*
|
County |
No. High tier winners |
Total value of high tier prizes |
No. Millionaires (2020-2023) |
|
Carlow |
13 |
€3,342,040 |
1 |
|
Cavan |
16 |
€3,317,016 |
0 |
|
Clare |
21 |
€5,646,418 |
1 |
|
Cork |
98 |
€36,230,885 |
10 |
|
Donegal |
28 |
€6,624,163 |
2 |
|
Dublin |
275 |
€68,682,085 |
22 |
|
Galway |
53 |
€21,481,878 |
6 |
|
Kerry |
43 |
€18,510,242 |
5 |
|
Kildare |
32 |
€5,172,544 |
1 |
|
Kilkenny |
26 |
€28,569,745 |
3 |
|
Laois |
18 |
€3,585,716 |
2 |
|
Leitrim |
5 |
€254,402 |
0 |
|
Limerick |
30 |
€17,060,870 |
4 |
|
Longford |
15 |
€932,517 |
0 |
|
Louth |
21 |
€3,552,955 |
2 |
|
Mayo |
55 |
€47,947,886 |
6 |
|
Meath |
47 |
€21,449,435 |
5 |
|
Monaghan |
7 |
€1,341,059 |
1 |
|
Offaly |
25 |
€1,591,296 |
0 |
|
Online (National Lottery App/www.lottery.ie) |
194 |
€95,520,429 |
17 |
|
Roscommon |
15 |
€2,783,731 |
1 |
|
Sligo |
10 |
€2,950,005 |
2 |
|
Tipperary |
23 |
€32,405,169 |
1 |
|
Waterford |
27 |
€5,525,768 |
3 |
|
Westmeath |
25 |
€10,963,901 |
3 |
|
Wexford |
34 |
€13,439,281 |
4 |
|
Wicklow |
27 |
€1,1887,591 |
0 |
* Statistics compiled from National Lottery prize claims data from draw based games from 1st January 2020 – 26th January 2023. High tier prizes are defined as prizes in excess of €15,000 (€10,000 for online wins). All prize claims data correct as of 26th January 2023.
** National Lottery draw based games include: Lotto, EuroMillions, Daily Million, Millionaire Raffle & Telly Bingo.
Nearly 30 cent in every €1 spent on all National Lottery games goes back to Good Causes in the areas of sport, youth, health, welfare, education, arts, heritage, and the Irish Language. In total more than €6 Billion has been raised for Good Causes since the National Lottery was established 35 years ago. In 2021 alone, €304 million was raised for local Good Causes in communities across Ireland.
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