LUCKY punters from Cork and Dublin have collected Lotto prizes worth a life-changing €270,000 this week.
The delighted players revealed how they found out about their winnings at Lotto HQ yesterday.
Cork’s winning streak continues as another player has secured a €194,616 prize in the Lotto draw held on June 21.
The lucky ticket was a Quick Pick purchased at Circle K Blarney, Tower Filling Station in Tower, Blarney, Co Cork.
The winner explained that they had visited the shop on a sunny day only to buy an ice cream and decided at the last minute to play the Lotto.
And with an error resulting in fewer lines on the ticket, something told them it was worth keeping.
They said: “I remember the day so well, it was an absolute scorcher!
“I popped in for an ice cream and on a whim, grabbed a Lotto ticket. I usually go for four lines, but the cashier accidentally printed just two.
“I had a feeling I couldn’t let that ticket go!”
After the draw, the player celebrated quietly with close family members and plans to enjoy the money while keeping life as normal as possible.
Meanwhile, a Dublin-based syndicate of 32 colleagues who claimed a €78,500 prize from the Lotto draw in April revealed how they found out.
The group, who have been playing together for nine years, only discovered the win recently because the notification email landed in an inbox they rarely checked.
Once the news was shared, members were delighted and quickly began planning holidays and special treats with their share of the prize.
They said: “We only found out recently because the email notification went to an inbox we rarely check.
“We sent an email around to everyone in the syndicate, and the replies came flooding in.
“Everyone was just so thrilled, it was such a great surprise!”
And players are now being reminded of tonight’s Lotto jackpot.
Estimated at a whopping €10.5 million, tickets are available in-store, online and via the National Lottery app until the 7.45pm sales deadline.
€1MILLION TICKET LOCATION REVEALED
This comes after lotto bosses have revealed the lucky shop where a life-changing ticket worth €1MILLION was sold.
The Tipperary village of Clerihan is “buzzing with excitement” after one player struck gold in last night’s draw.
The punter won an incredible €1,000,000 in last night’s special Lotto Plus Raffle.
They purchased their ticket at Ely’s Centra, Clerihan Village Centre, Co. Tipperary, on Thursday.
The Lotto Plus Raffle usually sees between 60 and 120 winners of €500 in each draw.
However, Saturday night’s draw included a special event: every ticket with the winning raffle number was entered into a once-off random draw, where one ticket was selected to win an additional €1,000,000.
While all 104 ticketholders with the winning number received the standard €500 prize, one fortunate Tipperary player walked away with a life-changing total of €1,000,500.
The winning raffle number was: 9416.
