TWO Donegal players have got their year off to the perfect start after scooping €100,000.
The winning tickets were sold in both Ardara and Letterkenny.
The first ticket was sold in Columba Diver’s shop on Main Street in Ardara and was one of six players to claim the cash in the Millionaire Raffle last night.
The other Donegal winner was sold in The Bookmark, Letterkenny Shopping Centre.
A lotto player in Co. Meath won the incredible top prize of €1 million in last night’s Millionaire Raffle draw
The Meath player scooped the top prize of €1,000,000 with Millionaire Raffle ticket number 467908.
The National Lottery will announce the winning store location tomorrow, Thursday, 2nd January.
Six other players in Cork (2), Donegal (2), Kerry, and Kildare are also celebrating today after winning the other top tier prizes of €100,000 in the special New Year’s Eve draw. Their winning raffle numbers were: 146954, 151605, 229993, 324384, 411505, 518351.
The winning locations for the five prizes of €100,000 from last night’s Millionaire Raffle were sold in:
Foley’s Spar Express, Iveragh Road, Killorglin, Co. Kerry
The Bookmark, Letterkenny Shopping Centre, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
Columba Diver, Main Street, Ardara, Co. Donegal
Tesco Superstore, Monasterevin Road, Kildare, Co. Kildare
Centra, 91 Shandon Street, Cork City, Co. Cork
Online, Co. Cork
With 8,500 prizes between €500 and €1 million available in last night’s draw, the National Lottery are urging ticket holders to check their raffle numbers carefully to see if they have kicked 2025 off with a win. Players are advised to check their tickets at www.lottery.ie or on the National Lottery App.
Emma Monaghan, spokesperson for the National Lottery, said: “We are appealing to all our players who had a ticket for last night’s New Year’s Eve Millionaire Raffle draw to check their tickets carefully today. If you were one of the biggest winners of the night who won the €1 million and €100,000 prizes, sign the back of your ticket and contact the National Lottery Claims team on 1800 666 222 or email claims@lottery.ie and arrangements will be made for the prize to be claimed. We saw many players welcome the New Year with windfalls. All ticket holders are encouraged to check their tickets on http://www.lottery.ie where they will see the full list of winning ticket numbers.”
Nearly 30 cent in every €1 spent on National Lottery games goes back to Good Causes in the areas of sport, youth, health, welfare, education, arts, heritage and the Irish Language. In total, more than €6.5 billion has been raised for Good Causes since the National Lottery was established 37 years ago. In 2023 alone, €227.9m million was raised for local Good Causes in communities across Ireland.
