Three National Lottery players claim over €1.5 Million in prizes in Lottery Headquarters!

This week, three National Lottery players from Dublin and Cork made the trip to Lottery Headquarters to pick up incredible prize amounts.

The first to arrive at the famous Winners Room was a Dublin man who claimed the €1 Million Lotto Plus 1 Top Prize from the 24th September draw.

Speaking with the National Lottery team, he shared: "I play the Lotto whenever I remember, but it’s great being able to schedule it on the app while I’m travelling for work."

The Dublin winner, who purchased his ticket online, described the moment he discovered the win.

"I received the results email shortly after the draw, but when I checked my account, the balance hadn’t changed, so I was slightly unsure what I could have won. I opened the email to make sure it was real and then went into my online ticket where I saw the €1 Million prize in the box at the top of the screen – no wonder it wasn’t in my balance! I must say that I managed to stay calm, but it was definitely a moment to remember."

Looking ahead, he plans to save for the future before making any other plans just yet.

Another online player in Dublin got their weekend started in style after sharing the €1 Million Top Prize in the 9pm Daily Million draw on Friday 26th September. The online player was delighted to pick up their €500,000 prize this week and already has plans of how to put it to good use.

“I was buying my EuroMillions Mega Draw ticket for last Friday’s draw when I decided to get a Daily Million ticket as well. Before that, the last time I logged on to the app was July so it had been a few months since I had even thought of playing. I got the usual email about a prize that night and I was straight on to check what it could be. I saw the €500,000 and closed the app immediately saying to myself that that can’t be right. Then I was opening and closing the app a few times second guessing myself. I told my wife then and we were both checking the numbers on the website before we finally believed what we were seeing. We’re so boring – the first thing we’re planning to do is get a new boiler!”

A Cork winner was thrilled to visit Lottery Headquarters and hand over their Bingo Multiplier Scratch Card in exchange for a cheque worth €50,000. The Rebel County winner scooped the Top Prize amount after purchasing their €5 Scratch Card at Con’s Shop on the Gurranabraher Road in Cork.

The winner admitted to keeping the Bingo Multiplier hidden safely away where no one would know to look.

“I’ve been sleeping on it for the past few nights! I tucked the Scratch Card under my mattress as soon as I realised just how much it was worth since it seemed like the last place anyone else would be looking. To be honest, I have been in total disbelief since the win. When I scratched the last panel on the ticket and saw what I had won, I wanted to be certain so I wrote out all of the numbers on a page and ticked them all off one by one. It wasn’t until I spoke to the Claims team that I really started to believe it though – it was only then that I told my family.”

The Top Prize winner is now looking forward to booking a holiday to celebrate their win.

Meanwhile, excitement is growing as we get closer to tonight’s EuroDreams draw which will see the Top Prize boosted to an incredible €30,000 per month for 30 years.

The typical Tier 1 prize is €20,000 per month for 30 years but tonight’s special promotion could see a player win even bigger than usual. If there is no top prize winner in tonight’s draw, the boosted prize fund will remain up for grabs until it is won.

Last month, an online player in Wicklow took the title of first ever EuroDreams Tier 1 winner in Ireland since the game launched in 2023.

Players dreaming of being the next big winner in the game are reminded that tickets can be purchased in-store, through the National Lottery app or at www.lottery.ie ahead of the 7.30pm cut-off time for sales this 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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