The Irish Lotto has seen a significant winner recently after one lucky player took home the massive €11,5 milllion jackpot prize. The prize would come as a welcome early Christmas windfall and would go a long way to making the lucky Dubliner one merry winner.
The prize of €11,5 milllion has gone on record for the second largest jackpot this year for the Irish Lotto, knocking the previous second place of €8.2 million down to third.
Although the Irish Lotto had numerous wins under its belt in previous years, it wasn't until the National Lottery included the Euromillions, Daily Million and the Lotto that it became a firm Euro Lotto favourite. In 2005, one year after the Euromillions was established, the first and still the biggest winner of the game made international headlines. That winner is the now famous, Dolores McNamara who managed to match all of the numbers which earned her the unbelievable amount of €115 million.
Although the game has produced bigger jackpots, she remains the Irish Lotto's single biggest winner. McNamara became the very first Irish player to be included in the country's top 100 richest people list.
Today, the Irish Lotto boasts some impressive figures such as which includes having created nine Irish Euromillions jackpot winners since it's official relaunch.
Lottery Round-up
Lottery Game | Lucky Numbers | Prize | Next Draw |
US Powerball | | €95,000,000 | Wednesday, Saturday @ 10:59pm ET |
Mega Millions | | €48,000,000 | Tuesday ,Friday @ 23:00 ET |
SuperEna Lotto | | €59,000,000 | Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday @ 20:00 |
Euromillions | | €38,000,000 | Tuesday, Friday @ 20:45 |
Eurojackpot | | €57,000,000 | Friday @ 21:00 CET |
Irish Lotto | | €3,000,000 | Wednesday, Saturday @ 20:00 GMT
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