After the Lotto jackpot reached the highest amount ever seen in the history of the game at the end of September, players all over the country benefited from the prize roll down which came into effect from Saturday 2^nd October. While the jackpot remained capped at €19.06 million for the month of October, this meant that the additional funds that would usually go to the jackpot were instead distributed to the next highest tier with a winner. This resulted in 144 players nationwide winning boosted prizes at both the Match 5+Bonus and Match 5 levels throughout the month.

In the first ever capped jackpot draw, two players in Dublin shared an incredible prize fund of €1,652,784 after matching 5 numbers and the bonus to win €826,392 each in the 2^nd October draw. The winning Quick Pick tickets were sold at the Spar store in Newtown Park Avenue in Blackrock and at the Supervalu store in Donabate. Another two Dublin players had similar luck on Wednesday 6^th October after also matching 5 numbers and the bonus to share a total prize fund of €1,130,780. The winning tickets, which were worth €565,390 each, were purchased at the Applegreen filling station on the Ballyfermot Road in Dublin 10 and at Lynch’s Centra on the Main Street in Lucan, Co. Dublin. On the same night, a player in Mayo scooped the top prize of €250,000 in the Lotto Plus 2 draw after purchasing their Quick Pick ticket at the An Post on Bangor Erris Main Street in Ballina, Co. Mayo. In the weekend draw on 9^th October, it was an online player in Sligo who benefited from the boosted prize fund at the Match 5+Bonus tier to scoop an incredible €1,262,603.

Wednesday 13^th October marked the first draw since the jackpot cap came into effect that there were no winners at the Match 5+Bonus tier. This meant that the additional funds that would have gone to the jackpot instead flowed down to the Match 5 prize tier which benefited 28 players all over Ireland. The Match 5 winners who purchased their tickets in 13 different counties shared an astonishing prize fund of €986,552 winning €35,234 each. A Dublin player became the largest winner of the night after scooping the top prize of €250,000 in the Lotto Plus 2 draw after purchasing their ticket at Lidl on the Rathfarnham Road in Terenure, Dublin 6. The top prize win marked the second Lotto Plus 2 win in the space of a week.

In the fifth capped Lotto draw, two players from Cavan and Kildare both matched five numbers and the bonus to share a total prize fund of €1,281,718 to scoop an incredible €640,859 each. The Kildare winner purchased their winning Quick Pick ticket at the Daybreak store on main street in Newbridge while the Cavan winner purchased their winning Quick Pick ticket at the renowned Hannigan’s store in Cootehill Town in Co. Cavan. Meanwhile, two furth Lotto players in Ballinspittle in Co. Cork and in Raheny, Dublin 5 also had reason to celebrate after both players won the top prize of €250,000 in the Lotto Plus 2 draw that same night. The Rebel county player purchased their winning Quick Pick at the Centra store in the centre of Ballinspittle village while the Dublin player bought their winning Quick Pick ticket at the SuperValu store in Raheny Shopping Centre.   

Thirty Lotto players nationwide all matched 5 numbers in the midweek draw on 20^th October to win €29,273 each and become the biggest winners of the night. Ten of the winners purchased their tickets online at www.lottery.ie while the remaining twenty winners purchased their tickets in-store.

The following weekend, it was an online player in Dublin and a player in Mayo who were celebrating after matching five numbers and the bonus to share a boosted prize fund of €1,191,042. The online player in Dublin scooped their share of the Match 5 + Bonus prize after purchasing their Quick Pick ticket on the day of the draw at www.lottery.ie while the Mayo player became one of the biggest winners in the 23^rd October draw after purchasing their Quick Pick ticket at Turlough Stores in Turlough, Castlebar, Co. Mayo.

On the last Wednesday of the month, 35 players all over Ireland won the cool sum of €22,872 each after matching 5 numbers. As there was no winner at the Match 5+Bonus tier, it was the Match 5 category winners who benefited from the boosted prize pool in the 27^th October draw. In the next draw on Saturday 30^th October, the Match 5 prize tier also benefited from the additional funds as 42 players in 16 counties went on to share almost €1 million to scoop €23,367 each.

An online player in Wicklow became the biggest EuroMillions winner of the month after scooping the top prize of €500,000 in the EuroMillions Plus draw on Tuesday 5^th October. On the last Tuesday of the month, a EuroMillions player in Waterford matched five numbers and one lucky star in the main EuroMillions draw. The Déise player scooped €181,892 in the 26^th October draw after purchasing their winning ticket at the Number 21 store on the Tyrone Road in Lismore Park, Waterford.

We saw the top prize of €1 million won in the Daily Millions draw on Thursday 28^th October. A Limerick player became a National Lottery millionaire after purchasing their winning Quick Pick ticket at the Tesco store on the Limerick Road in Newscastlewest.

October was a huge month for scratch card players with a total of 11 players all over Ireland sharing an incredible €1 million in prizes. This included a top prize win of €200,000 on an All Cash Spectacular scatch card purchased in Meadow Grove Stores on the Ringmahon Road in Blackrock, Co. Cork. There was also a Dublin winner who scooped €75,000 on an All Cash Platinum purchased at Charles Treacy, 191 Philipsburgh Avenue, Marino, Dublin 3 and another Dublin winner who bagged themselves the €50,000 top prize on an All Cash Extravaganza purchased in Costcutter, 1 Taylors Lane, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16.