Galway man scoops €30,000 on All Cash Tripler scratch card

Lotto jackpot rolls towards an estimated €12 million

A Galway man could not believe his luck when he scratched his way to the top prize of €30,000 on an All Cash Tripler scratch card. The winner bought his €3 All Cash Tripler scratch card in Tesco at the Galway Shopping Centre on the Headford Road.

The lucky winner had to take a double take when he initially revealed the top prize: “I buy a scratch card maybe once a week but I have never won anything like this before. I bought the ticket in Tesco and then scratched the ticket in the car. You can imagine my shock - I couldn’t make head or tails of it at first since I never expected to see €30,000. It wasn’t until I called the National Lottery that I really believed it,” he said.

The top prize winner plans to look after his family with his recent windfall: “I think my family have already decided how the money will be spent. I’ll have to have a chat at home and then we can make a plan for what to do when life gets back to normal. We’re just all delighted – it’s been a lovely surprise.”

Meanwhile, tomorrow night’s Lotto jackpot is rolling towards an estimated €12 million making it a record amount for 2021. The last Lotto jackpot to be won was in January when an online Limerick player won €8,530,884.

Ahead of the Saturday night Lotto draw, the National Lottery are encouraging players to buy their tickets early and to avoid queues in shop where possible.

A National Lottery spokesperson said: “This Saturday’s draw could turn one lucky Lotto player into Ireland’s newest multi-millionaire. As the Lotto jackpot has not been won since 27th January, we are expecting excitement to grow ahead of the draw tomorrow night. We are reminding players nationwide that the deadline to purchase tickets is 7.45pm tomorrow night. We are also urging all of our Lotto players to continue to follow the health guidelines in place when purchasing either in-store, in-app or at www.lottery.ie.”

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 €5.8 Billion has been raised for Good Causes since the National Lottery was established 33 years ago. In 2020 alone, €254 million was raised for local Good Causes in communities across Ireland.