Ireland’s Next Millionaire Will Be Made This Saturday! Could It Be You?
€1 Million GUARANTEED in Lotto Plus Raffle
5/09/2025
With just over 24 hours to go until Saturday night’s Lotto draw, the countdown is officially on, and this weekend, someone in Ireland will definitely become a Millionaire.
Fresh off last week’s €17 Million Jackpot win by an online player in Co. Mayo, the excitement is building again. But this time, it’s not just about the jackpot which is an estimated €2.5 Million - the National Lottery has confirmed that €1 MILLION is guaranteed to be won in a special Lotto Plus Raffle event.
The Lotto Plus Raffle typically sees between 60 and 120 winners of €500 in every draw but for this Saturday’s draw, the National Lottery is adding a guaranteed to be won €1 Million to the Lotto Plus Raffle prize fund.
Each of the tickets with the winning Lotto Plus Raffle number drawn in Saturday night’s draw will be entered into a once-off draw, where one ticket will be selected to win an additional prize of €1 Million, as well as the usual €500 Raffle prize – a life-changing prize for our Lotto players.
So far in 2025, 17 National Lottery players have become Millionaires, and tomorrow night, that number is guaranteed to grow.
To mark the occasion, here’s a look back at the biggest National Lottery wins of the year so far:
| Date | Selling Agent | County | Amount | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-Jan-25 | Centra, Platin Road, Drogheda, Co. Louth | Louth | €4,642,646 | Lotto |
| 12-Feb-25 | Applegreen, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin | Dublin | €2,935,144 | Lotto |
| 12-Feb-25 | Online | Dublin | €1,000,000 | Lotto Plus 1 |
| 14-Feb-25 | Mace, Leighlinbridge, Co. Carlow | Carlow | €1,005,000 | EuroMillions IOR |
| 19-Feb-25 | Keane's Supervalu, Killorglin, Co. Kerry | Kerry | €2,274,988 | Lotto |
| 1-Mar-25 | Gala Pallaskenry, Main Street, Pallaskenry, Co. Limerick | Limerick | €2,655,366 | Lotto |
| 10-Mar-25 | Kernan's, Tullygay, Newmills, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal | Donegal | €1,000,000 | Daily Million |
| 26-Mar-25 | Online | Kilkenny | €4,005,581 | Lotto |
| 29-Mar-25 | Healy's Supervalu, Dunmanway, Co. Cork | Cork | €1,000,000 | Daily Million |
| 14-Apr-25 | Online | Wicklow | €1,000,000 | Daily Million |
| 19-Apr-25 | Post Office, Tramore, Co. Waterford | Waterford | €4,038,682 | Lotto |
| 14-June-25 | Online | Kildare | €1,000,000 | Daily Million |
| 17-June-25 | Clifford's Centra, Shandon Street, Cork City, Co. Cork | Cork | €250,000,000 | EuroMillions |
| 5-Jul-25 | Ely's Centra, Clerihan Village Centre, Co. Tipperary, | Tipperary | €1,000,000 | Lotto Plus Raffle |
| 19-Jul-25 | Dunnes Stores Portlaoise, Kyle Shopping Centre, Portlaoise, Co. Laois | Laois | €1,000,000 | Daily Million |
| 1-Aug-25 | Online | Sligo | €1,005,000 | EuroMillions IOR |
| 27-Aug-25 | Online | Mayo | € 17,008,295 | Lotto |
And that’s not the only life-changing amount up for grabs this Saturday night. This weekend’s Lotto Jackpot is set to roll towards an estimated €2.5 Million. Lotto players dreaming of becoming Ireland’s next Millionaire are reminded that tickets can be purchased in-store, through the National Lottery app or at www.lottery.ie ahead of the 7.45pm cut-off time for sales on Saturday evening.
Nearly 30 cent in every €1 spent on 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 €6.5 Billion has been raised for Good Causes since the National Lottery was established 37 years ago. In 2024 alone, €239.3 Million was raised for local Good Causes in communities across Ireland.
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