Lotto cash for Galway and Wicklow players who share €92,468 in Saturday night’s draw

Texaco/Spar store in Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow owner Ken O’ Connor sold one of two winning tickets for last night’s Lotto Match 5 + Bonus prize

Two Lotto players from Galway and Wicklow will share a Lotto prize of €92,468 after both came to within one number of Saturday night’s Lotto jackpot which was worth €2,794,844. 

Both players matched five numbers and the bonus ball on the main Lotto draw and will each get a cash prize of €46,234.

The Galway winner chose their own lucky numbers with a ticket which they purchased at Clybaun Stores in Knocknacarra, on the outskirts of Galway City. 

The winner from Co. Wicklow, bought their winning Quick Pick ticket at the Texaco/Spar service station in Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow which has a history of big Lotto wins, the latest of which was the €11.2 million jackpot win in August 2019. 

The Lotto numbers from last night’s draw (Saturday 12th December) were: 03, 08, 10, 18, 22, 30 and the bonus number was: 31.

While there was no winner of last night’s €2.7 million Lotto jackpot, there were more than 98,000 players who won prizes. This Wednesday’s Lotto jackpot (16th December) will roll to an estimated €3.2 million. 

A National Lottery spokesperson said, “While there was no winner of last night’s €2.7 million Lotto jackpot, two of our lucky players in Galway and Wicklow will share a lovely bonus prize of €92,468, just in time for Christmas. We are asking all of our players in Galway and Wicklow to check their tickets very carefully. If you are one of these big winners, we ask that that you sign the back of the ticket and contact our prize claims team on 1800 666 222 or email claims@lottery.ie, and we will make arrangements for you to claim your prize.”
 

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.