1 week Ago By Macarten Burke
MANY Lotto players are celebrating after bagging whopping prizes in Saturday night’s draw.The National Lottery revealed that they saw 81 winners win big prizes in the main Lotto draw and Lotto Plus Raffle – and the winning ticket location for the top prize.A player in Galway has secured themselves a handsome prize of €45,758 after matching five numbers plus the bonus in the main Lotto draw.
The winning Quick Pick ticket was purchased on Friday, April 4, at Sharkey’s Spar Express on Bishop Street in Tuam.The winning numbers for last night’s Lotto were: 8, 14, 18, 28, 38, 40 and the Bonus was 42. However, they were a number short of bagging the eye-watering jackpot prize of €2,671,887.
And 80 players won €13,000 each from the Lotto Plus Raffle.The winning Lotto Plus Raffle number was 1743.Emma Monaghan, National Lottery Spokesperson, said: “What a night of wins for our players!“We’re now urging everyone to check their tickets very carefully.
If you’re holding a winning ticket, please sign the back of it and keep it somewhere safe. “And if you’re our Galway winner, make sure to contact our Prize Claims team as soon as possible!” The Galway winner are urged to contact the National Lottery prize claims team at 1800 666 222 or email [email protected] to arrange the collection of your prize.
The Lotto Plus Raffle winners are advised to check their website for details of their nearest An Post Prize Claim Centre, where prizes up to €14,999 can be claimed.Online players will receive details of the process for claiming their prizes. Despite there being no winner of the Lotto jackpot, over 81,000 players won prizes in the Lotto and Lotto Plus draws.
MEGA PRIZE TO BE CLAIMEDElsewhere, Lotto bosses have revealed the winning shop where a €1million ticket was sold – and players are now being urged to check their slips.One lucky punter is celebrating after bagging a life-changing prize in Saturday night’s Lotto draw.The Lotto winner has scooped a whopping €1,000,000 in Co Cork.
The winning quick pick ticket was sold at Healy’s SuperValu in Dunmamway, bringing a life-changing sum to the fortunate player.The shops owners, Andrew and Martina Healy, said they are delighted about the big win. And the pair revealed that their store has previously sold other big winning tickets – including another €1million ticket.
They said: “Believe it or not, we’ve had a couple of big wins in this store over the years, and this isn’t our first time selling a ticket worth €1,000,000!“We were delighted to get the news after a busy weekend.“Our shop is in the heart of the town here in Dunmanway, so there’s a lot of footfall with people coming and going.“It’s great news for the community, and we are all delighted here in the store – it brings a lot of excitement to the area!” Many players have won huge prizes in last night’s Lotto drawGetty Images - Getty.
