Irish punter has just 24-hours to claim €1m Lotto prize

The National Lottery is continuing to appeal to Lotto players in Monaghan to check their old tickets from Saturday 19th August as a prize worth €1,000,500 remains unclaimed.  Pic: Rory Geary / Mac Innes Photography

One lucky Irish punter has just over 24 hours left to claim a life-changing Lotto prize worth €1,000,500.

The Monaghan player scooped the prize in a special Lotto Plus Raffle event held last August and the ticket was purchased at Williams & Moran Centra on the Main Street in Emyvale on August 17.

In the draw on August 19, each of the tickets with the winning Lotto Plus Raffle number drawn in that particular Saturday night draw were entered into a once-off random draw where one ticket was selected to win an additional prize of €1m.

While every ticket holder who had the winning Raffle number won €500, a Monaghan player won €1 million, in addition to the usual €500 prize. 

The winning raffle number for the Saturday 19th August draw was: 3249 

Ticket holders have 90 days from the draw date to claim their prizes, the last date to claim this astonishing amount is close of business tomorrow, Friday November 17.

 A National Lottery spokesperson has appealed to Lotto players nationwide who may have purchased a ticket in Emyvale last August to urgently check their old tickets.

“With just one day to go until the claim deadline for the special €1,000,500 Lotto Plus Raffle prize, we are urging Lotto players all over Ireland who may have purchased a Quick Pick ticket at the Centra store on the Main Street in Emyvale for the 19 August draw to immediately check their old tickets.

“There is a player out there who has a ticket worth over €1m which they are yet to come forward to claim.”

The ticketholder is advised to sign the back of their ticket and make contact with the prize claims team on 1800 666 222 or email [e-mail] as soon as possible and arrangements will be made for them to collect their prize at Lotto HQ.