Simple as 5-4-3-2-1! Galway player wins €40,000 Lotto bonus
The National Lottery is calling on its Lotto players in Galway to check their tickets after a prize worth a €40,000 was won on its Lotto 5-4-3-2-1 game on last night’s draw (28th November).
Lotto 5-4-3-2-1 is a game based upon the results of Lotto, Lotto Plus 1 and Lotto Plus 2 draws. In this game players decide how many numbers they play, predicting between one and five of the numbers drawn in Lotto, Lotto Plus 1 or Lotto Plus 2.
This winning ticket, which matched five numbers out of seven on the Lotto Plus game, was sold at Dunnes Stores in the Westside Shopping Centre on Seamus Quirke Road, Co. Galway.
A spokesperson for the National Lottery said: “We are asking our Lotto players in Galway to check their tickets carefully. If you are this lucky winner please sign the back of the ticket and get in touch with the National Lottery claims team on 1800 666 222 or email claims@lottery.ie and we will make arrangements for you to get your prize. Excitement is also building across the country as the Lotto jackpot has rolled to its highest level of the year. As people across Ireland are decking the halls with Christmas decorations, what an amazing Christmas it would be for someone who was lucky enough to win this.”
Wednesday’s €11 million (est) Lotto jackpot will be largest of 2020
While there were more than 143,000 winners last night, there was no winner of the Lotto jackpot worth €10,284,221 and it heads for a whopping €11 million for this coming Wednesday’s draw.
In last night’s €10.2 million Lotto draw, 19 players came agonisingly close to the jackpot, missing out by just one number.
Ahead of Wednesday’s Lotto jackpot draw which has been rolling since Saturday 26th September, the National Lottery has confirmed that over €116 million has been won in prizes in the Lotto game in 2020 which includes 17 new millionaires who have been created in Lotto and Lotto Plus games.
In that period there have been 25 top prize winners including 10 Lotto jackpot winners, eight Lotto Plus 1 top prize winners of €1 million each and eight Lotto Plus 2 top prize winners of €250,000.
The roll call for Lotto jackpot wins in excess of €10 million are:
Date |
Lotto Winners |
County |
Jackpot |
28-Jun-08 |
Dan Morrissey Syndicate from Carlow claim Ireland’s biggest ever win. |
Carlow |
€18,963,441 |
14-Apr-10 |
Waterford couple purchase their winning ticket at Easons store in Dungarvan Co. Waterford. |
Waterford |
€16,717,717 |
23-Oct-10 |
Dublin man wins massive jackpot with ticket bought at Donnybrook Fair in Dublin 4. |
Dublin |
€16,390,239 |
28-Jul-07 |
The Cunningham family from Cork City become Lotto multi-millionaires after buying their ticket at their local Centra store in Farranree, Co. Cork |
Cork |
€16,185,749 |
26-Apr-08 |
Family from Co. Dublin share the mega jackpot with a lucky ticket from Rowlagh Newsagent in Clondalkin, Dublin 22. |
Dublin |
€15,658,143 |
12-Mar-08 |
Kildare couple buy their life-changing ticket in Tesco, Newbridge Co. Kildare |
Kildare |
€14,543,033 |
18-Apr-09 |
Dublin couple purchase their winning ticket at the Spar store in Glenageary, Co. Dublin |
Dublin |
€14,530,193 |
26-Mar-11 |
Two separate players in Cavan and Cork each share the jackpot, scooping €6.9 million each. |
Cavan/Cork |
€14,037,236 |
23-Jan-16 |
Winning ticket purchased at Carey's store in Belmullet, Co Mayo |
Mayo |
€13,793,435 |
22-Dec-07 |
Winning ticket sold at News & Choose store in in Loughrea, Co. Galway. |
Galway |
€13,295,379 |
27-May-09 |
Dalkey Post Office, Co. Dublin sells the lucky winning ticket. |
Dublin |
€13,150,324 |
01-Mar-17 |
Dublin syndicate celebrate their Lotto fortune with ticket purchased in Supervalu, Knocklyon, Dublin 16 |
Dublin |
€12,849,224 |
06-May-17 |
Two lucky ticketholders from Co. Westmeath and Donegal shared the €12.3 million jackpot on offer. |
Westmeath / Donegal |
€12,344,808 |
04-Jun-14 |
Couple claim massive Lotto jackpot with a ticket they purchased at the American House store in Bundoran, Co. Donegal |
Donegal |
€12,155,282 |
31-Mar-12 |
Two separate players from Kildare and Meath split a jackpot worth €11.5 million. |
Kildare/Meath |
€11,526,000 |
03-Dec-16 |
A Dublin GAA official collects the jackpot prize with his wife after they bought their winning ticket at the Top Service Station in Dublin 1. |
Dublin |
€11,345,002 |
21-Aug-19 |
A family from Co. Wicklow scooped the €11.2 million prize with a ticket they purchased from the Texaco/Spar service station in Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow. |
Wicklow |
€11,225,280 |
20-Aug-16 |
Leitrim syndicate scoop incredible jackpot prize with a ticket bought at the Spar store in Kinlough, Co Leitrim |
Leitrim |
€11,179,627 |
24-Sep-11 |
The McIntyre family from Co. Mayo become one of Ireland’s biggest Lotto winners with a ticket they bought at their Eurospar store in Belmullet, Co. Mayo. |
Mayo |
€11,033,593 |
29-May-13 |
Kevin Geoghegan and Carol Loran scoop their massive prize after purchasing their ticket at the Tesco store in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath |
Westmeath |
€10,651,567 |
04-Apr-15 |
A private Meath family syndicate claim the Lotto jackpot prize with their lucky ticket from Souhan’s Filling Station in Trim, Co. Meath. |
Meath |
€10,650,121 |
30-Jan-13 |
Scanlons Newsagents in Thurles, Co. Tipperary sell the winning ticket to a lucky Tipperary family syndicate. |
Tipperary |
€10,613,747 |
23-Feb-19 |
Dublin syndicate claim their prize with ticket bought at the Spar store on Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin 1 |
Dublin |
€10,288,699 |
05-Feb-15 |
Two friends from Co. Kildare share the incredible jackpot after buying their ticket at the Centra store in Newbridge, Co. Kildare |
Kildare |
€10,230,559 |
12-Sep-07 |
Statoil Service Station in Tuam Co. Galway. |
Galway |
€10,067,238 |
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 2019 alone, €252 million was raised for local Good Causes in communities across Ireland.