It Could Be…a New Year’s Eve to remember for one Millionaire Raffle player!

A Westmeath Lotto player has had a week to remember after scooping the €6,241,505 Jackpot in last Wednesday’s (3rd December) draw. While sitting in the Winners Room in Lottery HQ, the winner admitted that “it still feels like a dream”.

“Would you believe that I can actually count on one hand the number of times that I have played Lotto this year. I wouldn’t be a regular player and last Wednesday was my third time to play the game this year. I just picked up a ticket when I was out and about and sure look, here I am now”

Ireland’s newest Lotto Jackpot winner was eager to hand over the ticket to the Claims team and is busy thinking about what to do next.

“A Mediterranean cruise has always been the dream so that’s top of my list. Sun, sea and sand definitely sounds good right about now!”

The Westmeath winner has officially taken the title of the 26th National Lottery Millionaire of 2025, as well as the 5th highest prize won so far this year.

See below for the roll call of top 5 highest wins of 2025:

History was made in June when a family syndicate won an astonishing €250 million in the EuroMillions draw. The winners took the title of largest EuroMillions winners ever to be seen in Ireland after purchasing their winning ticket at Cliffords Centra on Shandon Street in Cork City for the 17th June draw.

Just two months later, a Mayo family syndicate were delighted to claim an incredible €17,008,295 after purchasing their Lotto ticket for the 27th August draw online.

In September, an online player in Wicklow became the first ever EuroDreams Tier 1 winner in Ireland after winning €20,000 a month for 30 years. The unique prize, which is paid into the winner’s bank account every month, is worth a staggering €7.2 Million in total.

The 4th and 5th highest prizes of the year went to Lotto Jackpot winners with an online player in Louth scooping over €7.1 million in October and now the latest Westmeath winner claiming an incredible €6.2 Million.

Millionaire Raffle

On New Year’s Eve, another winner is GUARANTEED to end their year by also joining the highly coveted list of National Lottery Millionaires for 2025.

The Millionaire Raffle, which will mark the final National Lottery draw of 2025, has an incredible 8,500 prizes up for grabs, including the top prize of €1 Million. As well as the top prize of €1 Million, there are six prizes of €100,000, 15 prizes of €10,000, 45 prizes of €5,000, 302 prizes of €1,000 and 8,131 prizes of €500.    Tickets for the draw, which are limited to 600,000 and cost €25 each, are now on sale at National Lottery agents nationwide. Millionaire Raffle tickets can also be purchased online at www.lottery.ie or on the National Lottery App.    To make it the perfect seasonal gift, a festive gifting wallet and envelope will be available for each ticket purchased in-store.

With the festive season of gifting well and truly underway, the National Lottery has also reminded players hoping to gift National Lottery products this Christmas to gift responsibly.   National Lottery spokesperson Sarah Orr added: "We ask all of our players to support our ‘Gift Responsibly’ campaign and remember when you are purchasing any National Lottery product as a gift, whether at Christmas or any time of the year, it is always important to gift responsibly. National Lottery products are strictly for those who are aged 18 years and over.”

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.              Play National Lottery games responsibly, play for fun.