Irish Lotto player bags life-changing prize as one punter misses out on MILLIONS

AN Irish player has bagged a life-changing prize on tonight’s Lotto Plus 1 draw – while another punter just missed out on winning millions.

There was one winner of the Lotto Plus 1 top prize of €1 million tonight.

But one punter will be kicking themselves after missing on the €2.7 million Lotto jackpot after landing the Match 5 + Bonus prize.

Instead, the Lotto player won just €36,405 for the six numbers, while ten others who matched five numbers scored €2,183 each.

The winning numbers in tonight’s Irish Lotto jackpot draw were: 1, 26, 30, 42, 44, 47, with the bonus ball being 19.

There was no winner of the Lotto jackpot.

In total, over 62,000 won prizes in the Lotto and Lotto Plus draws.

There was another close call in the Lotto Plus one draw, as another player was just a ball away from landing the grand prize.

However, the unlucky punter will pocket the Match 5 and Bonus Ball prize of €5,000.

The winning numbers in the Lotto Plus 1 draw were: 1, 8, 16, 27, 31, 33, and 14.

In the Lotto Plus 2 draw, the numbers called were: 4, 6, 19, 36, 37, 43, and the bonus was 14.

The top prize in the draw was €250,000, which unfortunately had no winners.

The winning raffle number was 3542.

There were 59 winners of the Raffle Prize, who will each receive €500.

DEADLINE CLOSING

Seperately, a lucky Telly Bingo player has just weeks to claim a prize worth €27,505.

The National Lottery is appealing to punters in the Ballyvolane area of Cork city to urgently check their tickets.

The top prize worth €27,505 from Friday’s May 26 draw remains unclaimed. 

The winning ticket was purchased at Dunnes Stores in Ballyvolane Shopping Centre Cork City.

The player achieved a Fullhouse to scoop their share of the Snowball prize worth €27,505.

Ticketholders have 90 days from the date of the draw to claim their prize which means that the Cork winner has just FOUR weeks left to claim their prize.