South Kilkenny store sells Lotto ticket worth over €8.5 million!


Coastal town in Waterford revealed as winning location for Saturday night’s €1 million Lotto Plus 1 win
Ireland’s newest Lotto millionaires urged to contact National Lottery!
The National Lottery has revealed that Saturday night’s winning Lotto jackpot ticket worth €8,508,720 was sold in a South Kilkenny town. Further details of the selling location of the jackpot ticket will be released in the coming days.
Meanwhile, the winning Lotto Plus 1 ticket worth €1 million was sold in the scenic, seaside town of Dungarvan. The National Lottery has announced that the winning Quick Pick ticket was purchased on Friday 6th May with the winning store location due to be confirmed tomorrow, Tuesday 10th May.
The Waterford winner has become the sixth Lotto Plus 1 top prize winner of 2022 following wins in Dublin (2), Wexford, Cork and Louth.
The National Lottery have continued to appeal to players in Kilkenny and Waterford to check their tickets carefully from Saturday night’s draw as two players now have tickets worth the staggering amounts of €8,508,720 and €1 million. The two overnight millionaires are advised to sign the back of their tickets and make contact with the National Lottery prize claims team on 1800 666 222 or email claims@lottery.ie and arrangements will be made for them to claim their prizes.
The two biggest wins from Saturday night’s Lotto draw have now brought the number of National Lottery millionaires for the year to date to a grand total of 18.
See the table below for a list of wins worth €1 million and above for 2022 so far:
No. |
Date (2022) |
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 |
16. |
28th April |
Daily Million |
€1 million |
Cork |
17. |
7th May |
Lotto Plus 1 |
€1 million |
Waterford |
18. |
7th May |
Lotto |
€8,508,720 |
Kilkenny |
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