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What do Disneyland, an indoor slide, and a popcorn maker have in common?News Story
Answer: They're all items that a family from Ireland want to purchase after winning the lottery. A couple with a young family from Dublin, Ireland, have won a Lotto jackpot prize of 7,384,790 (US$8.4 million). The pair didn't realize they were winners until almost two weeks after the draw, which was on on Saturday September 19. They purchased their ticket, a 40 Quick pick play valid for 8 draws, in the Supervalu store at Killiney Shopping Centre in Dun Laoghaire on September 15. Howe
Oct 12, 2015, 9:17 pm - Lottery News

Lottery winner's first purchase: a new shower doorNews Story
A man from west Dublin, Ireland, has described winning 500,000 in the EuroMillions multi-country game as a pleasant shock . He was the sole winner of the EuroMillions Plus 500,000 top prize in last Friday's draw. EuroMillions Plus is an add-on game played only in Ireland that enters the first five numbers on your EuroMillions game ticket in a special Plus drawing held in Ireland the same evening. Adding EuroMillions Plus costs an extra 1 over the regular cost of a EuroMillions ticket. T
Jul 6, 2015, 11:11 am - Lottery News

Irish lottery pool playing same numbers for 27 years wins €5.9 millionNews Story
A lottery pool that has been playing the same numbers in the weekly Ireland Lotto draw for 27 years has finally seen them win big. The group of seven have won 5,900,958 (US$6.6 million) between them giving each an individual share of 842,994 (US$950,000). The winning ticket was bought at Tesco on Ash Road in Mullingar, Co Westmeath on May 9th. Since the 1980s Speaking about the win, a member of the group said, We've played the same numbers since Lotto began in 1988 and the most we'd
Jun 3, 2015, 11:00 am - Lottery News

Tonight's Ireland Lotto draw cancelled because of network failureNews Story
Tonight's Ireland Lotto jackpot may be 10 million but National Lottery machines around the country aren't keen on it being won they've been out of commission since this morning. The Ireland National Lottery has now confirmed that tonight's draw has been cancelled. In a statement, it said: The National Lottery can confirm that there were technical problems this morning following a service outage related to the 3G telecommunications infrastructure provided by Telef nica. This incident af
Feb 4, 2015, 4:07 pm - Lottery News

Man finds €350,000 Irish lotto ticket in his wallet a month after the drawNews Story
In Ireland, a Wexford man is ending 2014 on a very high note after discovering he's won 350,000. The man, who wishes to remain anonymous, bought a 6 Lotto ticket with Plus on 29 November in Centra on the Errigal Road, Drimnagh, Dublin 12. He won the top prize in the Lotto Plus 1 draw that evening, worth 350,000, but remained oblivious to his good fortune for a month. I just found out yesterday, he said. I scanned the ticket in the shop and it said to contact the National Lottery, s
Dec 30, 2014, 3:23 pm - Lottery News

New Ireland Lottery operator expected to raise pricesNews Story
Ireland's National Lottery is expected to raise ticket prices next year as part of a shake-up of the business aimed at halting several years of declining sales. The new operator, Premier Lotteries Ireland (PLI), is under pressure to recoup its 405 million outlay for the licence and is known to have set ambitious growth targets for its 20-year tenure in charge. While higher ticket prices would, in theory, generate bigger jackpots and potentially more publicity around its weekly draws, the m
Dec 16, 2014, 9:00 am - Lottery News

Northern Ireland woman wins life-changing £12.9M EuroMillions jackpotNews Story
Mary Hamilton of Newtownabbey in Northern Ireland is celebrating winning 12,935,936.30 (US$20.3 million) in the multi-country EuroMillions lottery game. At a press conference Tuesday morning at the Culloden Hotel Northern Ireland's latest lottery millionaire Mary Hamilton enjoyed a glass of Champagne to mark her big win with a Lucky Dip [Quick Pick] ticket. The 65-year-old furniture store employee has said she and husband Alexander (67) are going to spend it and her first purchase will be
Nov 20, 2014, 5:53 am - Lottery News

Irish winners anonymously claim €86m EuroMillions jackpotNews Story
Ireland's newest millionaires have claimed their 86.7 million (US$109.2 million) winnings but will be keeping their identities a secret for now. The National Lottery has confirmed a syndicate (pool) from Dublin collected their EuroMillions fortune from its offices in Dublin city center yesterday. It was announced after the draw last Friday that the 86.7m prize had been won in Ireland. It is the third biggest win in the history of the National Lottery. (See $111 million EuroMillions jackpot
Sep 30, 2014, 8:44 am - Lottery News

$111 million EuroMillions jackpot won in IrelandNews Story
The hunt is on for Ireland's latest lottery millionaire after one winner hit the jackpot in the multi-country Euro Millions lottery game. There was one winner of the EuroMillions Jackpot, a National Lottery spokesperson said. The winning ticket was sold in Ireland. The winning EuroMillions numbers on Friday, September 19, 2014, were 6, 8, 34, 38, and 48 and the two Lucky Stars were 3 and 9. The jackpot was worth 86.7 million, which equates to $111.3 million in US Dollars. The win
Sep 22, 2014, 7:37 am - Lottery News

Couple brings lottery ticket on vacation not realizing it's a winnerNews Story
A Dublin, Ireland, couple went on vacation with a wining lottery ticket and were oblivious to the fact that they'd won 250,000 (US$323,000). The lucky winners checked the ticket yesterday after they came back from a trip in the sun. They discovered they'd won the top prize in the Lotto Plus 2 draw on Saturday, August 16, and collected their quarter of a million euro check at Ireland's National Lottery offices today. That ticket survived Barcelona, the pick-pocketing capital of the worl
Sep 11, 2014, 1:39 pm - Lottery News