CELEBRATIONS will be underway in one Irish household tonight after a lucky Lotto player scooped a life-changing prize of over €190,000.
Although players will have to wait until Wednesday to be in with a chance of winning tonight’s unclaimed Lotto jackpot of €2,000,000, the Match 5 + Bonus of €194,994 was won.
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Players have been advised to check their tickets carefully as they could be the winner of the eye-watering sum.
Meanwhile, the Match 5 prize of €1,342 was also won by 21 ticket holders.
The results of the Lotto draw were as follows:
09, 10, 25, 32, 34, 38 and the bonus number 23.
The top prize of €1,000,000 in the Lotto Plus 1 draw also went unclaimed, while the Match 5 + Bonus prize of €5,000 too was not won.
However, 11 players scooped the Match 5 prize of 5,000.
The results of the Lotto Plus 1 draw were as follows:
04, 07, 20, 34, 38, 40 and the bonus number 03.
Similarly, there was no winner of the Lotto Plus 2 draw’s top prize of €250,000.
The Match 5 + Bonus prize of €2,500 also yielded no victor.
The results of the Lotto Plus 2 draw were as follows:
01, 10, 16, 22, 27, 47 and the bonus number 43.
There were 80 winners of the Raffle Prize, each receiving €500.
The winning raffle number was 4989.
Players who may be in possession of one of tonight’s winning tickets are advised to sign the back of their lucky stub and keep it in a safe place before presenting it for payment.
The news comes after Lotto bosses revealed the winning store location of Wednesday night’s Lotto jackpot worth a whopping €11,106,436.
The family run local shop in Foynes in Co Limerick rejoiced on Friday after they heard the happy news that they had in fact sold the life changing ticket.
On the day of the draw, Wednesday January 4, the lucky player purchased their Quick Pick ticket in Kelly’s Costcutter.
Situated on Main Street in the heart of Foynes town, Kelly’s Costcutter is operated by brother and sister duo, Eoin and Trisha who took over the business from their parents, Vincent and Breda, in 2018.
Speaking on the big win, co-owner Trisha said; “Honestly, we just cannot believe it! We heard the news on Thursday morning that the winning ticket was sold in Limerick, but we didn’t know it was in our store.
“With the excitement, we frantically checked our own tickets, but it wasn’t us unfortunately.
“A couple of hours later, I received a call from the National Lottery to tell me that we’ve sold the winning ticket and hearing those words – it was the next best thing to winning the jackpot – it’s incredible!”
The Kelly family are no strangers to seeing their customers enjoy large lottery success following a €9.6million EuroMillions win in their store in 2006.
“Big lottery wins are always a huge boost to local stores and their communities and Foynes is no different.
“When we had the big EuroMillions win in 2006, it was literally all the local community could talk about for months and it was just fantastic.
“We are a tight knit area here and I would guess that the majority of our customers are local. I know that the entire community will be thrilled for the winner, whoever it is.”