National Lottery players set for August bank holiday Lotto bonanza with €1million guaranteed must be won special raffle
This Saturday’s Lotto jackpot rolls towards €5.5 million
Lotto players throughout Ireland will have an extra reason to celebrate the upcoming August bank holiday weekend by sharing in Saturday’s Lotto Plus Raffle prize of a guaranteed to be won €1 million - which is on top of the rolling €5.5 million (est) Lotto jackpot already on offer. By topping up the raffle prize fund by €1 million, the National Lottery predicts that each winner of Saturday’s Lotto Plus Raffle draw will receive between €8,000 - €12,500.
It has been a bumper year so far for Lotto players in Ireland with over €78 million won in prizes. In 2020, a total of 13 new millionaires have been made through Lotto and Lotto Plus games while seven separate jackpot winners have claimed over €34 million between them. The biggest Lotto jackpot win of 2020 was over €9.7 million which was claimed by a Kerry family after they purchased their lucky ticket in Killarney, Co. Kerry.
There was no winner of Wednesday night’s €4.8 million Lotto jackpot which means that Saturday’s (1st August) Lotto jackpot which has been rolling since Saturday 4th July is now heading for a life-changing €5.5 million.
A National Lottery spokesperson said that the extra Lotto prize pot of €1 million will be perfect way for players to kick-off the August bank holiday weekend:
“While excitement continues to grow for the rolling Lotto jackpot which heads for €5.5 million this weekend, the guaranteed to be won €1 million Raffle prize guarantees some big winners throughout the country this Saturday night. Normally Lotto Plus raffle winners get a guaranteed €500 in every draw, but this Saturday we expect each winner to receive between €8,000 and €12,500 extra, depending on the number of winners. What a way to celebrate the August bank holiday weekend!”
Nearly 30 cent in every €1 spent on all National Lottery games goes back to Good Causes in the areas of sport, youth, health, welfare, education, arts, heritage and the Irish Language. In total more than €5.6 Billion has been raised for Good Causes since the National Lottery was established 32 years ago. In 2019 alone, €250 million was raised for local Good Causes in communities across Ireland.
Lotto Millionaires so far in 2020
Date |
Game |
Amount |
County |
25.01.20 |
Lotto Plus 1 |
€1,000,000 |
Dublin |
29.01.20 |
Lotto |
€3,886,999 (Shared Jackpot) |
Dublin |
29.01.20 |
Lotto |
€3,886,999 (Shared Jackpot) |
Dublin |
08.02.20 |
Lotto |
€2,773,649 |
Carlow |
11.03.20 |
Lotto Plus 1 |
€1,000,000 |
Donegal |
01.04.20 |
Lotto Plus 1 |
€1,000,000 |
Dublin |
18.04.20 |
Lotto |
€9,772,174 |
Kerry |
06.05.20 |
Lotto Plus 1 |
€1,000,000 |
Kildare (Online) |
09.05.20 |
Lotto |
€4,041,306 |
Clare |
20.05.20 |
Lotto Plus 1 |
€1,000,000 |
Meath (Online) |
20.06.20 |
Lotto |
€6,933,904 |
Cork |
01.07.20 |
Lotto |
€2,824,437 |
Mayo |
11.07.20 |
Lotto Plus 1 |
€1,000,000 |
Laois |