One Tuesday night draw, TWO big wins! Dublin and Cork EuroMillions Plus winners claim €500,000 EACH!

The first week of February has gotten off to a memorable start for National Lottery players with the Winners Room playing home to big celebrations for some incredible prizes.

An online player from Dublin gave his wife the most unexpected wake-up call after he realised that he had won €500,000 in the EuroMillions Plus draw on 27th January.

“I got up earlier than usual that particular Wednesday morning and after ignoring the email the night before about my win, I decided to log in to the app and check what I had won. I never expected to see €500,000 in the little green box! I was the only one in the house up at 6am, well it was myself and the dog. He was next to me looking for a treat and there I was trying to tell him about my big win. I ran upstairs immediately to wake my wife and tell her. She definitely didn’t mind being woken up with that news! I showed her the ticket and the two of us were slightly unsure of what to do next – it’s not every day that you start your morning being €500,000 better off!”

The online winner is going to let the win sink in but has an idea of how he will celebrate.

“I have always wanted to go on a cruise so I’m going to start looking at where to go.”

On the same night as the online winner, a Kerry woman also scooped €500,000 in the EuroMillions Plus draw after purchasing her ticket at Con’s Shop on the Guranabraher Road in Cork.

“I was visiting family in Cork and stopped in for a few bits, and I threw in a EuroMillions ticket - I wouldn’t usually play, but I spotted the jackpot and thought, why not?”

Later that evening, she scanned her ticket on the app, and a message popped up, ‘You’ve won big, contact the National Lottery’.

“Surprisingly, I was very calm, although at first I had no idea what I’d won, so there was a bit of scrolling and scrambling through the draw results to figure it out!”

After trusting her partner to hide the ticket, the situation took a slight turn. “He ended up losing it that night” she laughed. Her partner added, “I had to pull the cupboard apart to find the ticket, but I wasn’t telling her that I’d lost it. We eventually decided to tuck it safely into our sock drawer.”

Now, with the winnings safely claimed, the Kerry woman is planning a dream adventure.

“We’re heading to Asia to do some travelling. It’s been on our bucket list for so long, so we can’t wait to finally book it!”

Meanwhile, tonight’s Lotto jackpot is set to roll towards an estimated €8.5 million. Players dreaming of midweek celebrations after the Wednesday night draw 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 this evening.

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