The National Lottery has urged players in Sligo to check their tickets for a draw that took place on January 15 as one player has just ten days left to claim a €36,687 prize.
A Lotto player in the Culleens area of Sligo has until April 15 to come forward to claim the Match 5 + Bonus prize.
The winning Lotto numbers for the Saturday, January 15 draw were: 02, 09, 16, 30, 37, 40 and the bonus 23.
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Ticket holders may remember the historic ‘Will be Won’ event in which a player in Mayo won the largest jackpot ever seen in the Lotto game in Ireland.
As the Lotto jackpot was capped at €19.06 million, the funds that would usually go to the jackpot flowed down to the next highest tier at which there was a winner and in that draw, this was the Match 5 + Bonus prize tier.
An incredible 149 players all over Ireland shared an astonishing prize fund of almost €5.5 million at the Match 5+Bonus prize tier to win €36,687 each.
The Sligo Match 5+Bonus winner, who is yet to come forward to claim their €36,687 prize, purchased their ticket on the day of the draw in the Mace store at the Hilltop Service Station in Culleens, Co. Sligo.
A National Lottery spokesperson has appealed to Lotto players in Sligo to check their tickets urgently to ensure that they do not miss the upcoming deadline to claim.
They said: “As we get closer to the claim deadline for the outstanding Lotto Match 5 + Bonus prize, we are encouraging all of our players who may have purchased their tickets in the Culleens area of Sligo for the 15th January draw to check their tickets as soon as possible.
“There is a Sligo player who is yet to come forward to claim their €36,687 which they won on the same night that a player in Mayo became the largest Lotto jackpot winner ever in the history of the game.
“The winning ticket was purchased on the day of the draw in the Mace store at the Hilltop Service Station in Culleens, Co. Sligo.”
“With the last date to claim fast approaching on Friday 15th April, we are advising the ticket holder to contact our prize claims team immediately on 1800 666 222 or email claims@lottery.ie and arrangements will be made for them to claim their prize.”
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