Lucky Cork Lotto player wins €2,000 per week for next five years

The lucky punter scooped the Tier 2 prize in a special promotion as part of Thursday night's draw. File Picture: Denis Minihane.

Lotto players in Cork are being urged to check their tickets after the National Lottery announced that one person in the rebel county has won €2,000 per month for the next five years. 

The lucky punter scooped the Tier 2 prize in a special promotion as part of Thursday night's draw. 

The winning ticket was purchased on the day of the draw at O’Reilly’s Garage on the Clonakilty Road in Bandon, Co Cork.

Shop owner Siobhán O’Reilly, who has owned the store with her husband Seán for 9 years, says she was thrilled to hear the news.

“It was an unexpected surprise to be getting a call from the National Lottery on a Thursday night but certainly a welcome one. We were delighted to hear that one of our customers has now won €2,000 per month for 5 years and of course that we are the first store to have sold such a prize as I believe the previous two wins were online." 

Ms O'Reilly said, because her store is open 24 hours a day, it has a good mix of local and passing trade. 

"We’re most definitely kept busy. We have a team of over 40 staff and they’re all certain to be excited when they hear the news. Hopefully the winner will check their ticket soon and realise their luck!” she said. 

The winning numbers for Thursday's EuroDreams draw were: 04, 10, 11, 17, 24, 39 and the Dream number was 05.

Players who may have purchased their tickets at O’Reilly’s Garage 3in Bandon to carefully check their tickets. The National Lottery has said that that lucky ticket has been placed on hold and when the winner scans their ticket on its app or in-store on a National Lottery terminal, they will receive a prompt to make contact with the National Lottery.

“Well that’s some start to the June Bank Holiday weekend! A EuroDreams player in Cork has become the third Tier 2 prize winner in Ireland after winning €2,000 per month for 5 years in Thursday night’s draw," said  National Lottery spokesperson Sarah Orr.

She said that all of the winners from Thursday night’s draw, at every prize tier, were placed into a special bonus draw before the Lotto's certified random number generator selected one ticket to win the additional €2,000 per month for five years.