Irish EuroMillions player just one number away from €150m fortune
An Irish EuroMillions player was just one number away from a life-changing jackpot win in Tuesday’s draw.
More than 45,000 players in Ireland won prizes on Tuesday’s EuroMillions and Plus games.
Amongst the winners was a punter who matched four numbers plus the two lucky stars in the main draw — meaning they were just one number away from a €150m win.
An Irish EuroMillions player was just one number away from a life-changing jackpot win in Tuesday’s draw. Pic: Shutterstock.
The winning numbers for Tuesday’s main EuroMillions draw was: 05, 06, 42, 44, 46 and the Lucky Stars were 04 and 08.
The player had to settle for a prize of €2,256 having matched 4+2 Stars, while the eye-watering €150m jackpot rolls over to Friday’s draw.
The EuroMillions Plus draw numbers were: 19, 25, 31, 35 and 45.
The €500,000 jackpot also went unclaimed, however 40 players did win €2,000 having matched four correct numbers.
The EuroMillions Plus draw numbers were: 19, 25, 31, 35 and 45. Pic: Getty Images
In the Ireland Only raffle, 10 punters bagged themselves €5,000 each.
The winning raffle numbers were: I-SLT-48498; 1-SLT-49895; I-SLT-81043; I-SLW-00536; I-SLX-03786; I-SLX-61779; I-SLZ-19406; I-SLZ-95220; I-SMB030044; I-SMB-51977.
The National lottery are urging all players to check their tickets carefully.
It comes not long after it was revealed that a Cork family syndicate were the winners of the mammoth EuroMillions jackpot prize last month.
The country went wild after it was revealed a Cork EuroMillions player had picked up the record €250m prize, with the lucky shop revealed to be Clifford’s Centra on Shandon Street in the city. Pic: Mac Innes Photography
The country went wild after it was revealed a Cork EuroMillions player had picked up the record €250m prize, with the lucky shop revealed to be Clifford’s Centra on Shandon Street in the city.
Speculation was rife as to where and who was the luckiest person in the country, with National Lottery at the time urging the lucky punter to ‘stay calm.’
Understandably, the family have opted to remain anonymous, but admitted the life-changing windfall has been ‘surreal.’
One member admitted that they were a regular player but hadn’t picked up a ticket for the two previous draws, but decided to buy one on their way to an appointment.
‘I was watching the Nine O’Clock News and saw that someone in Ireland had the winning EuroMillions ticket,’ they shared, ‘Naturally, I got my ticket and scanned it on the National Lottery app, and a message popped up, “You’ve won big, contact the National Lottery.”‘
