Jackpot! One lucky person has scooped €175m in Ireland's biggest Euromillions win
Single winning ticket of €175 million Euromillions jackpot sold in Ireland.
The winning numbers were 1, 8, 18, 19 and 39. The lucky stars were 7 and 9.
The jackpot is worth €175,475,380.
People are being urged to check their tickets to see if they are the lucky winner.
The National Lottery has said they cannot yet confirm where the very lucky ticket was sold.
Spokesperson Miriam Donohoe says the winner needs to stay calm and make contact with them first thing tomorrow morning.
"Amazing news for one of our players.
It's the biggest ever National Lottery draw in the history of the lottery since we launched 31 years ago and we are advising all of our players to check your numbers to see if you are the holder of this golden ticket.
"If you do have this ticket please keep it safe, sign the back of it, contact us tomorrow as soon as you can and we'll guide you through the claims process."
It is the biggest ever Euromillions win by a single Irish person.
National Lottery CEO, Dermot Griffin, said: "The shop that sold the winning ticket will not be revealed for a few days.
With such a big win we have procedures to go through but we will reveal the winning location as soon as we can.
"Whilst this is a massive win it can come as a shock to a player and we advise them to stay calm, get good independent legal and financial advice and contact us as soon as they can."
🚨RECORD BREAKING WIN!🚨 #EuroMillions Players of Ireland - Check your tickets! Someone just matched all numbers & stars on tonight's draw winning a massive €175,475,380 and set a new record for the biggest win in National Lottery history. 🎉🤯Check here: https://t.co/gmmNILmBOZ pic.twitter.com/WWvdR7bS6g
— The Irish National Lottery (@NationalLottery) February 19, 2019
"This has been an incredibly lucky period for players on the island of Ireland. In January a Northern Ireland couple won an amazing €127 million in the EuroMillions jackpot," said Mr Griffin.
"The luck of the Irish is definitely in the air."
This is the 14th Irish EuroMillions win since the game was launched in Ireland in 2004.
- Dolores McNamara from Limerick, was Ireland’s first and biggest EuroMillions winner scooping over €115 million.
- A lucky player from Co. Tipperary won a €15 million jackpot with a ticket bought in Carrick-on-Suir in Co. Tipperary.
- A family syndicate shared the jackpot with a British winner, taking home over €29.4 million with a ticket they purchased in Dublin.
- 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.
- 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.
- A jackpot prize worth €15 million was claimed on a ticket sold in Castlebar, Co. Mayo.
- An €86.7 million jackpot was won by a syndicate from Dublin. The ticket was sold in Centra, Ballybrack, Co. Dublin.
- 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.
- 22 colleagues from Dublin Bus won the €23.8 million. The ticket was sold in O’Hanlon’s Portarlington.
- 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.
- 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.
- A small family syndicate from Dublin won €38.9 million on a ticket purchased in The Village Shop in Malahide Shopping Centre
- 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.
- Single winner of EuroMillions. Location to be disclosed
Since the news broke, people have taken to Twitter to share their excitement, if not jealousy, for the lucky winner.
In the words of Shaggy..... it wasn’t me #EuroMillions
— Anne Mc Coy (@annemccoy) February 19, 2019
Be on the lookout for people in Brown Thomas tomorrow morning buying fur coats. Equally, those walking out of Weirs with wearing a Crown.#EuroMillions #lotsofnoughts pic.twitter.com/jHaY4lpwc1
— Patrick Conboy (@pat_conboy) February 19, 2019
Someone in Ireland just won €175,000,000 in the Euromillions and of course neither of us bought a ticket this week.... pic.twitter.com/lPV5VYPLlM
— The Irish Titans (@irish_titans) February 19, 2019
Whoever won Euromillions, please buy Morton’s for the boys
— 𝙎𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙃𝙚𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙮 (@Shefterr) February 19, 2019
Check ur #euromillions ...175mil won in Ireland ......remember.....I reminded you to check .....drop me a text if you won ....a mil is fine for me...don't even worry about it .....😉
— 🄹.🅃. (@JTG333) February 19, 2019
Anyone else nearly puke when they hear the #Euromillions was won in Ireland? And then convince themselves that they’ve won and become too afraid to check their ticket? Asking for a friend pic.twitter.com/NfLRg8rEJM
— Billy Passmore (@billypassmore) February 19, 2019
There have been more than a dozen Irish winners of the EuroMillions jackpot.
Dolores McNamara from Limerick was Ireland's first and, up to this point, biggest EuroMillions winner scooping over €115m in 2005.
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