Six players from Clare, Cork, Donegal, Kildare, Louth and Meath win €100,000 each in Millionaire Raffle 

 

A National Lottery player in Dublin has woken up in 2024 as Ireland’s newest millionaire after scooping the top prize of €1 Million in last night’s Millionaire Raffle draw.  

The winning ticket number which earned the top prize for the Dublin player was 218960. The National Lottery has confirmed that the winning store location will be revealed on Tuesday, 2nd January. 

Last night’s Millionaire Raffle draw was bigger than ever with 8,500 cash prizes up for grabs. As well as the top prize winner of €1 Million, six other players nationwide are certain to be celebrating today after they won the other top tier prizes of €100,000 in the New Year’s Eve draw. 

The winning locations for the six prizes of €100,000 from last night’s Millionaire Raffle were: 

• Daybreak Drumgeely, Drumgeely, Shannon, Co. Clare 

• Friars Road Post Office, Turners Cross, Cork 

• Gala, Moness Burt Speenoge, Lifford, Co. Donegal 

• News 4 U, Glenroyal Shopping Centre, Maynooth, Co. Kildare 

• Applegreen M1 Castlebellingham, Northbound M1 Motorway Services Area, Castlebellingham, Co. Louth 

• Centra Summerhill, Summerhill Court, Summerhill, Co. Meath 

Geoff Scally who owns the Centra Store in Summerhill was delighted to hear the news and shocked to hear that another customer of his Meath store won big in the Millionaire Raffle draw. 

“My phone call from the National Lottery on New Year’s Eve is almost becoming a tradition now! Two years ago, one of our customers won the top prize of €1 Million in the Millionaire Raffle draw and now here we are and another customer has won big in the same draw with €100,000! We are over the moon and what an incredible start to the year for the winner. We have lots of passing trade and locals who come into us daily so we are hoping that the winner checks their ticket soon and realises just how much their ticket is worth. When we sold the €1 Million Millionaire Raffle ticket two years ago, we had a big Lotto win just a few weeks later so we’re wondering if we’ll be getting another call from the National Lottery again soon!”

Other prizes on offer in the New Year’s Eve draw included 15 prizes of €10,000, 45 prizes of €5,000, 302 prizes of €1,000 and 8,131 prizes of €500. The National Lottery are urging all Millionaire Raffle players to check their tickets very carefully today to see if they have gotten 2024 started with a win. Players are advised to check their tickets at www.lottery.ie on the National Lottery App.  

A National Lottery spokesperson said: “A player in Dublin certainly had a life-changing entrance into the New Year by becoming Ireland’s newest Millionaire. If you were one of the biggest winners of the night who won the €1 Million and €100,000 prizes, you should sign the back of your ticket and keep it safe. You can contact our prize claims team on 1800 666 222 or email claims@lottery.ie and arrangements will be made for you to claim your prize. With 8,500 prizes on offer in the draw, all ticket holders should carefully check their tickets today on www.lottery.ie or through the National Lottery app where they will see the full list of winning ticket numbers.”

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 billion has been raised for Good Causes since the National Lottery was established 36 years ago. In 2022 alone, €259.5 Million was raised for local Good Causes in communities across Ireland.     

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