The National Lottery has revealed the luckiest counties in Ireland for players to buy tickets, with millions of euros being paid out.
There have been 102 ticketholders who have become millionaires since 2020 with over 1,100 players sharing a whopping €470 million in high-tier prizes across all draw-based games.
This is according to a report published by the National Lottery 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.
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Since 2020, it has been Dublin topping 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 included the record-breaking Lotto jackpot win of €19.06 million which was secured by a Mayo family syndicate in January 2021.
Online players continued to win big for the past three years, 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 landed a EuroMillions jackpot worth €49.5 million in July 2020.
A spokesperson for the National Lottery: “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 Lotto jackpot worth over €3.9 million which means that Wednesday’s jackpot is heading for a life-changing €4.5 million”.
Players don’t have to wait long for their next chance to win big with the EuroMillions draw taking place tomorrow night.
Players are reminded that the ticket sale cut-off time will be at 7:45 pm on the day of the draw.
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