One EuroMillions player in Ireland has made history by becoming the highest ever winner of an Irish National Lottery game after winning a mind-blowing €250 million jackpot in last night’s EuroMillions draw.
The record-breaking win eclipses the €175 million record for the largest cheque presented in the famous Winners’ Room, when Reilly’s Daybreak on Main Street, The Naul, Co. Dublin, sold the winning ticket for Ireland’s largest EuroMillions win in February 2019.
The winning numbers for tonight’s EuroMillions (17th June) draw were: 13, 22, 23, 44, 49, and the two Lucky Stars were 3 and 5.
National Lottery CEO Cian Murphy has tonight advised EuroMillions players to check their tickets very carefully to see if they have landed this mega windfall.
“We are absolutely thrilled to see this incredible and record win for an Irish EuroMillions player!
“We are advising our players to check their tickets and if they are the winner, sign the back of the ticket, keep it safe, and contact National Lottery HQ and we will guide you through the claims process.
“The details surrounding the winning ticket will be revealed over the coming days.
“With such a big win we have procedures to follow, but we will reveal the winning location as soon as we can.
“While this is a massive win, it can come as a shock to a winner and we advise them to stay calm, get independent legal and financial advice and contact us as soon as they can.”
The EuroMillions jackpot reached its maximum cap on Friday, June 6, meaning this extraordinary prize could not grow any further.
Tonight, the latest mega-jackpot player becomes Ireland’s 18th winner of the EuroMillions in Ireland and will take the title of the largest ever win in Ireland.
Here is the roll call of the Irish EuroMillions jackpot winners to date:
- July 2005:?Dolores McNamara from Limerick, was Ireland’s first and biggest EuroMillions winner scooping over €115 million.
- July 2008:?A lucky player from Co. Tipperary won a €15 million jackpot with a ticket bought in Carrick-on-Suir in Co. Tipperary.
- June 2009: A family syndicate shared the jackpot with a British winner, taking homeover?€29.4 million with a ticket they purchased in Dublin.
- June 2013:?A winning ticket sold in Beaumount, Dublin, shared a EuroMillions jackpot worth over €187 million. A Dublin player earned half of the jackpot and picked up over €93 million.
- September 2013:?A young man from the South East shared a jackpot of over €25 million with a player in Spain, taking home over €12.8 million.
- April 2014:?A jackpot prize worth?€15 million?was claimed on a ticket sold in Castlebar, Co. Mayo.
- September 2014:?An €86.7 million?jackpot was won by a syndicate from Dublin. The ticket was sold in Centra, Ballybrack, Co. Dublin.
- January 2016:?A syndicate of friends won over €66 million, splitting the jackpot of €132,376,632. The ticket was sold in Eason’s store, Fairgreen Shopping Centre, Carlow.
- July 2016:?22 colleagues from Dublin Bus won the €23.8 million. The ticket was sold in O’Hanlon’s Portarlington.
- January 2017: A Dublin work syndicate claimed the €88.5 million EuroMillions jackpot. The winning ticket was sold at the Applegreen Service Station on the M1 Northbound in Lusk, Co. Dublin.
- July 2017:?A syndicate from the West of Ireland won a €29 million EuroMillions jackpot. The ticket was sold in Garryduff XL Store on Pound Road, Castlebar in Co. Mayo.
- December 2017:?A small family syndicate from Dublin won €38.9 million on a ticket purchased in The Village Shop in Malahide Shopping Centre
- June 2018: 32 colleagues from Stakelums Hardware store in Thurles Co. Tipperary share a €17 million EuroMillions jackpot with a ticket they purchased at Eason’s Store in Thurles Shopping Centre in Co. Tipperary.
- February 2019:?The Naul Family Syndicate won €175.4 million on a ticket sold in Reilly’s Daybreak in Naul, Co. Dublin.
- February 2020:?A Co. Mayo family shared the €17 million jackpot with a ticket they purchased at Mulroy’s Londis Store in Castlebar.
- July 2020:?An online player in Dublin won a €49.5 million jackpot which they won with a €2.50 normal play ticket.
- February 2022: Mid-West ticket holder scoops €30.9 million jackpot with Quick Pick ticket they purchased at Larkin’s Gala Service Station in Ballina, Co. Tipperary.