ONE lucky punter won a life-changing €5,541,001 in the Lotto last night.
Bosses have revealed that a player in Co Galway has become Ireland’s 23rd National Lottery millionaire of 2022 after scooping Wednesday’s jackpot prize.
The National Lottery are urging Lotto players in Galway to check their tickets to see if they are Ireland’s 7th Lotto jackpot winner of the year.
The winning numbers for Wednesday, August 3, draw were: 9, 10, 17, 32, 33, 39 and the bonus was 47
The National Lottery has confirmed that the winning store location of the €5.5million jackpot win will be revealed on Friday.
A spokesperson said: “Wednesday night was certainly life-changing for one of our lucky players in Galway who now has a Lotto ticket worth over €5.5million in their possession.
“This morning, we are appealing with all our players in Galway to check their tickets carefully and if you are the winner, sign the back of the ticket and contact our prize claims team as soon as possible.
“This latest Galway winner is the 7th Lotto jackpot winner of the year and the 23rd National Lottery millionaire of 2022.”
Ireland’s latest Lotto jackpot winner is advised to sign the back of their ticket and to keep them safe.
The lucky winner should make contact with the National Lottery prize claims team on 1800 666 222 or email [email protected] and arrangements will be made for them to claim their prizes.
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Meanwhile, a Dublin Lotto player who won €410,608 has told how they checked the ticket “a hundred times” to make sure they weren’t dreaming.
The lucky player revealed exactly how they plan to splash the cash, by ticking off a life-long goal.
CAPITAL WIN
The Dublin player successfully matched 5 numbers and the bonus to scoop €410,608 in the Lotto draw on Wednesday, July 20.
The delighted player said they were in “utter shock” when they realised they had won and had to take a few days to calm down before contacting Lotto chiefs to collect the prize.
They said: “I was just in complete and utter shock.
“I actually hid the ticket somewhere in the house for a couple of days until I could calm down and get my head around it. I must have checked it a hundred times just to be sure I wasn’t dreaming.”
They added: “A dream of mine has always been to travel route 66 on a Harley-Davidson and I can’t believe I’m finally able to do it!
“It’s just wild, I never thought something like this would happen to me.”
WEEKLY AUGUST MILLIONAIRE
This comes as the National Lottery have issued a major update that guarantees one Irish millionaire every week this month.
Bosses have confirmed Ireland Only raffle special will see four new millionaires created this month.
The exclusive raffle will take place on every Friday of the month and see one of the ten winners of the Ireland only raffle win a €1million prize.
The spokesperson said: “Usually, every EuroMillions draw in Ireland produces ten winners of the €5,000 raffle prize but over the next four Friday draws we have created something extra special.
“In addition to the normal raffle prize on each draw, four winners across all these four draws will win the special €1million prize.
“This means that we are going to make at least four people brand new millionaires.”
They added that EuroMillions players could be the second Irish EuroMillions jackpot winner of the year.
They continued: “Not only will the special promotion see the creation of four instant millionaires in Ireland over the four weeks but all EuroMillions players in Ireland will also be in with a chance of becoming Ireland’s second EuroMillions jackpot winner of 2022.”
