Spar shop on Abbey Street sells winning Scratch Card worth €100,000

A National Lottery player reigning from Co. Galway has become Ireland’s newest millionaire after scooping the Lotto Plus 1 top prize worth an incredible €1,000,000 in last nights 

12th July) draw. The Galway winner has officially become the 20th National Lottery Millionaire of 2023. 

The winning numbers in last night’s Lotto Plus 1 draw were: 3, 24, 28, 29, 30, 45 and the bonus was 47. 

The National Lottery has confirmed that the winning Galway store location will be revealed in the coming days. 

This recent win is the FOURTH time a Galway player has won BIG in National Lottery games in the space of three weeks. On the 23rd of July a player from Ballinasloe in Galway scooped the EuroMillions Plus Top Prize worth €500,000 and just one week later saw another player from Ballinasloe scoop the exact same prize in Friday’s 30th of July draw. On the 4th of July a player from Ballybrit in Galway also scored the EuroMillions Plus top prize of €500,000 in Tuesday night’s draw. 

Last night’s Lotto draw saw over 58,000 players win prizes across the Lotto and Lotto Plus games. As well as the amazing Lotto Plus 1 win, a player in Dublin won a handsome amount after matching five numbers and the bonus to earn themselves €35,122. The winning Normal Play ticket was purchased on Saturday 1st of July at Tesco in Lucan.

The winning numbers in last night's Lotto draw were: 7, 10, 22, 32, 37, 40 and the bonus was 17.

The National Lottery has also revealed that a Spar store on Millenium Walkway in Abbey Street, Dublin 1 sold a winning Money Multiplier Scratch Card worth €100,000. 

Owner of the Store, John O’Neill was ecstatic to get the call that one of his customers won the incredible prize: “Ah I’m just absolutely delighted for that customer. I hope it brings them lots of happiness and I hope they get to really enjoy it. This is definitely the biggest Scratch Card win we’ve ever had to date. I hope we get a roll of them to keep the excitement going!”, he said. 

The winner of the €100,000 prize is from Co. Dublin and has already collected their chunky cheque at Lottery HQ earlier this week. 

Photo Caption: Staff from Spar on Millenium Walkway on Abbey Street, Dublin 1 are pictured celebrating after it was announced their store sold a winning Money Multiplier Scratch Card worth €100,000

The winner admitted that he got quite the surprise when he scratched his Money Multiplier scratch card that he purchased at the Spar shop on the Millenium Walkway on Upper Abbey Street in Dublin 1. 

“Before this, the most I ever won was €50 so it was a massive shock when I saw all those zeroes looking back at me. It’s not everyday that you hear of a top prize amount being won so I think that threw me as well. I never expected it so I’m delighted that I can now say I’m a top prize winner! I don’t know how long I spent looking at it. Looking after my family is the top priority now”, he said.  

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