Jackpot of €123m helps to beat the recession blues

ROLL up, roll up to your nearest newsagent and join in the Euromillions extravaganza that could see one lucky person scoop a record €123 million.

Match all seven numbers in tonight’s draw and you will join the super-rich and surpass the wealth of Dolores McNamara – the Limerick woman who scooped the biggest prize in European lottery history, netting €115m in 2005. Ms McNamara’s €2 quick-pick ticket matched the game’s five winning numbers and two lucky stars, winning her a nine-week rollover jackpot of €115,436,126 and making her Ireland’s 72nd-richest person.

With the recession biting hard, there will undoubtedly be a surge of interest for the possibility of becoming another record-breaking winner.