Irish EuroMillions player wins life-changing prize as winning shop revealed

A LUCKY punter is celebrating after winning a €168,413 EuroMillions prize – with the ticket location revealed by Lotto bosses.

One player in Dublin is set to be jumping with joy after Tuesday’s draw after they became the biggest winner in Ireland.

The player managed to match five numbers and one lucky star.

Scooping up a whopping €168,413, the ticket was purchased as a Quick Pick ticket at Tuthill’s at 47 Tower Road in Clondalkin, Dublin 22 on Thursday June 6. 

The winning numbers on Tuesday, June 11’s draw were 07, 15, 34, 45, 48 and the lucky stars were 07, 09. 

The Dublin player wasn’t the only lucky punter this week as someone in Limerick also won big.

The Limerick player bagged €19,681 after matching five numbers in the main draw.

Their winning Quick Pick ticket was purchased on the day of the draw at Dunnes Stores in the Parkway Shopping Centre on the Dublin Road in Limerick.  

The two massive winners are now being advised to sign the back of their tickets to ensure they are their own

They are also being advised to make contact with the prize claims team on 1800 666 222 or email claims@lottery.ie.

Once they do this, arrangements will be made for them to visit Lotto HQ to collect their prizes.

Elsewhere, two players from Dublin and Kildare also picked up massive prizes in May only days apart.

Both headed to the Lotto HQ to pick up their EuroMillions Plus top prize cheques worth €500,000 each.

The Dublin punter won on May 24 after purchasing their ticket at Tesco Clonsilla, Roselawn, Dublin 15 and admitted they hadn’t a clue they had won so much.

They said: “It was a few days before we realised we had won at all. To be honest I didn’t even know that the top prize had even been won that night or that Tesco had sold such a huge ticket.

“It wasn’t until I decided to check my ticket a few days later that it all dawned on me.

“I had been walking around with the ticket in my pocket for those few days not thinking anything of it.

“I never really check my tickets immediately so I was never expecting to see a top prize amount pop up.

“I’ll definitely be checking my tickets more often now, that’s for sure!

“Even though we have had a few weeks to come to terms with the win, it still doesn’t seem real. We have no plans as of yet but I am certain that we’ll come up with something very soon!”

On May 28, the Kildare winner scooped the same amount and became the 10th EuroMillions Plus winners of 2024.

Their ticket was purchased at Easons in the Whitewater Shopping Centre in Newbridge.

After being convinced they had only won €2,000, the player got a delightful surprise.

They said: “I was checking our ticket the next day and first I thought we had three numbers only and then four. I was thinking to myself, that’s great we’ve won €2,000.

“And then I saw number 41 and was convinced I had to be seeing things. To go from thinking we had won €2,000, which I was delighted with, straight to €500,000. It’s not something that happens everyday.

“I immediately ran to tell the others and when I say no one believed me. They all thought I was lying! I had to let them check the ticket themselves. We’re all still in shock but we’re so happy to hand the ticket over and see our cheque.”

But the biggest prize last month was in Cork when a winner scored the top prize cheque worth a massive €1 million.

The player won on May 23 after purchasing their ticket Centra in Rochestown.

On their major win, they said: “It was a sleepless night following that draw, I can tell you! I checked the ticket and saw I had won €1 million so of course it was all I could think about.

“Sleep was the furthest thing from my mind! I rang the Claims Department first thing the next day. Thank goodness they confirmed the win so I knew I wasn’t seeing things and the rest is history!”