County where biggest EuroMillions jackpot ever won revealed

A Cork EuroMillions player has been revealed as the winner of the largest EuroMillions jackpot ever — worth a mind-boggling €250million.
The biggest jackpot in the competition's history was won on Tuesday (June 17), with the National Lottery announcing that the jackpot was won in Ireland.
After teasing that it was won in Munster, a Cork shop has since been confirmed as the shop that sold the winning ticket –and the newest multi-multi-millionaire has made contact with the National Lottery to claim the colossal sum. A Cork EuroMillions player has been revealed as the winner of the largest EuroMillions jackpot ever — worth a mind-boggling €250million. Pic: Shutterstock.
'We are absolutely thrilled to have heard from our EuroMillions winner,' National Lottery spokesperson Emma Monaghan said. 'At this point, our priority is to give them the necessary time and space to make arrangements and let this life-changing news sink in. No other details will be revealed at this stage, however, the name of the winning Cork shop will be announced tomorrow [June 20].'
The EuroMillions jackpot was capped at teh quarter of a billion euro earlier this month, and after a number of draws where no one won, white smoke finally rose with the latest millionaire being announced; with few predicting that the continental competition's winner would come from Ireland.
Of course, this isn't the first time that Ireland have had a massive winner of the competition, nor is it the first time a winner came from Munster — as Dolores McNamara, from Co Limerick, won a life changing €115million on August 4, 2005. This is the third 'biggest jackpot ever' that was won in Ireland after a family syndicate in Naul won €175million. Pic: ChrisDorney/Shutterstock
As well as this, a family syndicate from Naul in Co Dublin won an even bigger €175.4million in the then-biggest jackpot in the competition's history.
The winning numbers from Tuesday's draw were 13, 22, 23, 44, 49, and the lucky star numbers were 3 and 5.

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