ONE Irish punter is celebrating tonight after bagging a huge win in the Euromillions.
In total, over 46,000 players in Ireland won prizes in the EuroMillions and Plus games tonight.
Lotto bosses have confirmed that the €500,000 winning ticket was sold in Dublin.
The lucky player is celebrating the huge win tonight after matching five numbers in the Plus draw.
The numbers drawn were 20, 32, 34, 42 and 48.
And 52 players won €2,000 after matching four of the numbers, while 2110 players matched three numbers to win €20 each.
In the main Euromillions draw, one lucky player from Europe managed to bag the top prize.
The player from Belgium is now a whopping €52,448,674 richer after tonight’s draw.
They matched five numbers along with the two lucky stars to walk away with the huge win.
The numbers pulled in tonight’s Euromillions draw were 7, 16, 31, 43 and 46.
The Lucky Stars drawn were 5 and 9.
The ten winners of the Irish-only raffle won €5,000 each.
The winning raffle numbers pulled were:
- I-RRR-29022
- I-RRS-72940
- I-RSJ-78184
- I-RSK-72741
- I-RSM-32397
- I-RSN-02215
- I-RSN-03157
- I-RSN-95523
- I-RSP-06900
- I-RSP-15442
All players in Dublin should check their tickets carefully tp find out if they are the lucky winner.
If you have the winning ticke, the advice is to sign the back of the ticket immediately and store it in a safe place.
The winner will be asked to confirm details before arrangements will be made with agents to claim your prize.
This can be done by calling 1800 666 222.
Or email claims@lottery.ie to arrange collecting their prize at the Lottery HQ.
FESTIVE WARNING
It comes days after the National Lottery issued an urgent warning to anyone who purchased or was gifted a Christmas scratch card, as players don’t have long to claim their festive cash.
The Hampers & Cash, Countdown to Christmas and Merry Money games are set to expire in just weeks.
Players have 90 days from the game end-date to claim their prize, meaning they have just over 4 weeks to claim it.
The claim deadline for all Christmas scratch card prizes is close of business on Thursday, April 3.
Players are also reminded that there is a Christmas Bonus Draw worth €5,000 still up for grabs!
Players can enter by scanning the QR code on the scratch card or by manually entering the access code on christmasbonus.lottery.ie.
Any entries received after 10am of 3 January 2025 will be added to the final draw, which will take place at 10am on Friday, April 4.
