Six separate lottery winners – one from Mullingar – claim €900,000 in prizes
€20,000 prize on €5 Money Multiplier 20X scratch card bought in Mullingar
The National Lottery winners’ room was a hive of activity on Friday afternoon as six separate winners collected a combined €914,023 in prizes.
The biggest winner of the day was an online player from Offaly, who collected the €500,000 Lotto Plus 1 prize he won on Wednesday August 15.
The lucky man found out about his defining win when he checked his emails the morning after the draw.
“I checked my online account the previous night and my balance hadn’t changed so I just assumed that I hadn’t won anything,” he said.
“My jaw nearly hit the floor when I checked my email in work the following morning!”
Other visitors to National Lottery HQ were an ecstatic family from North Dublin who collected a €250,000 Lotto Plus 2 top prize, which they won last Wednesday, August 22.
The Quick Pick ticket was sold on Tuesday at Dunnes Stores in the Blanchardstown Shopping Centre.
The family plan to celebrate their huge win with a trip to Disneyland Paris after they pay off their mortgage.
The coolest winner of the day was perhaps a lady from Sligo, who finally claimed a €45,005 TellyBingo prize from May 25 just before the 90-day prize claim deadline.
The Sligo mother won the TellyBingo Snowball prize with a ticket she purchased at the Maugheraboy Post Office in County Sligo, and she said that she wasn’t going to miss out on her prize as she had kept a close eye on the prize claim deadline.
“It was a wonderful surprise to find out that I had won the top prize last May so it’s fair to say that I’ve had a lot of time to think about what I’m going to do with it.
“Genuinely, I just haven’t had the time to collect it, but I had been in touch with the National Lottery over the lst few weeks to make sure that I didn’t miss out,” she said.
A Lotto player from the north of the country was also celebrating after claiming €69,018 he won on July 28, after matching five numbers and the bonus.
The player only realised he was a winner earlier this week when he used his National Lottery App to scan some old tickets.
The winning ticket was sold in SuperValu at St Catherine’s Filling Station in Killybegs, County Donegal.
Also collecting a top National Lottery prize was an online player from Limerick who won €30,000 on the Kick Off Cash digital Instant Win Game – while another player from Westmeath claimed a €20,000 prize on a €5 Money Multiplier 20X scratch card which they bought at Tesco in Mullingar.