Irish EuroMillions punter scoops jaw-dropping €500k jackpot as location revealed

LOTTO bosses have revealed the exact location where a winning ticket worth a life-changing sum was purchased.

The lucky Lotto player in Cork will be celebrating today after matching five numbers and the bonus number in tonight’s draw.

There were no lucky Irish punters winning the EuroMillions prize of €213,887,390 as a player in Portugal scooped the incredible prize.

However, in the Plus Draw, there was a lucky player who won a jaw-dropping prize of €500,000.

The winning ticket was purchased in Cork; the exact location has yet to be revealed.

And the lucky digits of the Plus draw in question were: 10, 24, 33, 42 and 50.

The National Lottery is urging all players in Cork to check their tickets carefully as one person now has a ticket worth €500,000.

The lucky winner is advised to sign the back of their ticket and keep it safe.

They are urged to make contact with the prize claims team on 1800 666 222 or email claims@lottery.ie and arrangements will be made for the lucky winner to claim their prize in Lotto HQ.

Those lucky 72 punters who have matched the four numbers have won a great prize of €2,000.

Last week, three lucky Lotto punters have bagged themselves a giant prize after buying winning tickets.

The three Lotto players in Dublin will be celebrating today after matching the winning numbers over the last few weeks.

The first winner was a Dublin player who scooped the top prize of a whopping €1million in the Lotto Plus 1 draw on May 18 after purchasing the winning ticket at Centra on Cromcastle Road in Kilmore.

They said: “I was checking a few tickets at the same time using the Check My Numbers function on the website.

‘Absolute shock of my life’

“I like to type in the numbers myself but of course this time, I assumed I must have typed in a number wrong when I saw €1 million pop up.

“I re-typed a few times and then I closed down the website entirely and re-opened it as I thought there was no way this could be real. It was the absolute shock of my life to be honest!

“It’s been a month since the draw and I still can’t believe it. I’m still pinching myself every time I think of it as I can’t believe it’s real.”

They added: “I haven’t been able to even think of what I’ll do with the win but hopefully it sinks in soon and I can get planning then!”

‘I can’t describe how it felt’

Another Lotto Plus 1 player also won their prize of €1million online in the June 5 draw.

The Dublin player were watching the draw live on their television when they saw their ticket numbers being drawn.

They said: “I’d never even think of watching the draw ever. It was 7.20pm and I remembered that I had a ticket for the draw that night so I actually put an alarm in my phone to watch it – don’t ask me why or where that even came from!

“But what a night to even have such a notion – I saw it live as my numbers were drawn! I can’t describe how it felt but I can tell you I had some job telling the news to family – they had no idea what I was about to say!”

Another player from Dublin won the Daily Million draw on June 16, winning a whopping prize of €1million.