A Meath couple celebrated a €50,000 scratch card win today.

A Lotto fortune of €8.2m has still not been claimed — losing out on potential earnings of almost €2,500 a week in interest for the mystery winner.

Controversial changes to the UK national lottery come into play this weekend which will see the number of balls increase to 59 and the chance of winning the jackpot decrease to one in 45m.