Local store in Drogheda revealed as winning location for Saturday night’s Lotto Plus 1 top prize

Winner comes forward to claim life-changing €1 million prize

A local store located on the busy Donore Road in Drogheda, Co. Louth has been confirmed as the selling location for Saturday night’s Lotto Plus 1 top prize worth €1 million.

The Louth winner purchased their winning ticket at the Spar Cherrymount store on the Donore Road to become the 5th Lotto Plus 1 top prize winner of 2022.

Store owner Greg Linscheid was delighted to get the call from the National Lottery to hear that one of his customers had become Ireland’s newest millionaire: “This is great news to hear from the weekend and what a way to start the week for one of our customers as the 15th National Lottery millionaire of the year. This is the biggest prize that we have ever sold so I am sure that our regular customers will be thrilled to hear. We have a team of 18 working in-store and there will be great excitement amongst the staff as soon as news gets out. We wish the winner all the best with their big win!”

No Repro Fee. 12/04/2022.  LOTTO €1m Winner at Spar Cherrymount, Drogheda.
David Woods, Irish National Lottery Rep, Greg Linscheid, Owner, Spar Cherrymount, Maria Mullen and  Joshi George, manager celebrate the win today as details of the win was announced. Photo: Johnny Bambury / Mac Innes Photography.

Staff at the Spar Cherrymount store on the Donore Road in Drogheda, Co. Louth were pictured celebrating after it was announced that their store sold the €1 million Lotto Plus 1 ticket in Saturday (9th April) night’s draw. 

The National Lottery has confirmed that the Wee County winner has made contact and arrangements are now being made for them to claim their life-altering prize.

See the table below for a list of National Lottery millionaires for 2022 so far:

No.

Date 

Game

Amount

County

1.

5th January

Daily Million

€1 million

Kildare

2.

15th January

Lotto

€19,060,800

Mayo

3.

21st January

EuroMillions – Raffle

€1 million

Cork

4.

21st January

EuroMillions – Raffle

€1 million

Cork

5.

21st January

EuroMillions – Raffle

€1 million

Galway

6.

26th January

Lotto Plus 1

€1 million

Dublin (Online)

7.

5th February

Lotto Plus 1

€1 million

Wexford

8.

9th February

Lotto

€4,687,612

Meath

9.

11th February

EuroMillions

€30,928,078

Tipperary

10.

17th February

Daily Million

€1 million

Dublin

11.

23rd February

Lotto Plus 1

€1 million

Cork

12.

1st March

Daily Million

€1 million

Mayo

13.

12th March

Lotto

€5,365,262

Dublin

14.

19th March

Lotto Plus 1

€1 million

Dublin

15.

9th April

Lotto Plus 1

€1 million

Louth

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