Irish Lotto chiefs reveal exact shop €250m EuroMillions ticket sold as lucky winner comes forward

IRISH Lotto bosses have revealed the lucky Cork shop that sold the biggest-ever EuroMillions jackpot winning ticket.
The record-breaking
has been in touch with Lotto HQ after it was confirmed they bought their golden ticket from Clifford's Centra, Shandon Street in Cork city.
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The lucky ticket was sold in Clifford's Centra, Shandon Street, Cork City Centre
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• Extra.ie​

Celebrations underway as Cork Centra react to selling €250million EuroMillions ticket

Celebrations are underway for the Cork Centra that sold the mind-boggling €250million EuroMillions ticket. The life-changing sum, the biggest jackpot in the history of the competition, was sold in Clifford's Centra on Shandon Street in Cork City Centre on the Tuesday draw (June 17). Celebrations kicked off at the store on Friday afternoon, with store owner Ted Clifford saying that they were surprised to sell a winning ticket just months after they sold a Millionaire's Raffle ticket, which was worth a massive €100,000. Celebrations are underway for the Cork Centra that sold the mind-boggling €250million EuroMillions ticket. Pic: Mac Innes Photography 'This is just fantastic news, it is hard to believe it,' Mr Clifford said. 'We are delighted to have sold this golden ticket to one of our customers. We already sold a winning Millionaire Raffle ticket on New Year's Eve just gone, worth €100,000, so that must have been the start of our winning streak. 'On behalf of our Centra team, it's an honour to be part of this historic moment. We are here on Shandon Street for 95 years and am so proud to be the 3rd generation owner of Clifford's. We send our warmest congratulations to the winner and their family.' Cian Murphy, CEO of the National Lottery, also celebrated the massive win, saying that this has been a historic moment for both the lotto and country Shane Kenny (right), National Lottery, alongside store manager Simon and the team at Clifford's Centra on Shandon Street in Cork city centre. Pic: Mac Innes Photography 'We are delighted to announce Clifford's Centra as the location to have sold the €250 Million EuroMillions winning ticket,' Mr Murphy said. 'This is a truly historic moment for the National Lottery and for the country. 'Not only does it mark the 18th EuroMillions jackpot win in Ireland, but also Ireland's biggest ever Jackpot win. We extend our heartfelt congratulations to the winner and our sincere thanks to Ted, Simon and all at Clifford's Centra for being part of this unforgettable milestone.' The winner of the life changing sum has contacted the National Lottery to make arrangements to collect their prize, but there's no word on who they are just yet.

Irish Daily Mirror

2 hours ago

• Irish Daily Mirror

Rumours swirl over identity of Ireland's €250m EuroMillions jackpot winner

There were jubilations on Shandon Street in Cork this morning as the staff at Clifford's Centra let off confetti and popped champagne to celebrate their part in the largest ever Irish Lottery Jackpot. However, despite a neat €25,000 bonus going to the shop for selling the ticket that won Tuesday's Euromillions draw, we are still no closer to discovering the identity of the winners, leading to rampant speculation. Locals around Shandon Street said the chatter is all about a local syndicate sharing the colossal jackpot, but a National Lottery spokesperson informed us that they can't confirm anything at present. When questioned, the spokesperson stated: "To be clear, all we know at the moment is one person has made contact with us, we've verified the ticket and now they have 90 days to come forward. "We don't know if it's an individual or syndicate, we only refer to them as a player, because even in the case of a syndicate winning, it's only ever the one person that comes forward on behalf of the syndicate," reports Cork Beo. The likely next steps are: the winner or winners will travel to National Lottery HQ in Dublin to officially collect their prize. They have 90 days to do this. If they opt to stay anonymous, the National Lottery will probably issue a brief statement saying the prize has been formally claimed by an unidentified single player or person representing a syndicate. A local resident proposed an intriguing theory on Shanon Street this morning, noting that the Centra is conveniently located next to a funeral home that frequently hosts large removals - and mourners who come to Shandon Street to pay their respects often pop into the Centra next door. Elaine Cannon said: 'My Mam had the idea that it might have been someone at a removal next door, because a lot of the time people go in there to buy lottery tickets" she said, adding; "It's not me, I've never bought a lotto ticket in my life." Regardless of who the winner is, there were massive celebrations at Clifford's Centra on Shandon Street after it was announced they were the fortunate shop that sold the winning ticket. The excitement reached fever pitch when the National Lottery team dropped by to congratulate staff, snap some photos and adorn the shop's exterior with decorations. Locals didn't waste any time joining in the festivities either - speculating about the identity of the lucky winner and pondering what they'd do if they won a life-altering €250m jackpot. Naturally, the Clifford's Centra staff also chimed in with their thoughts. Anne O'Sullivan, who's manned the tills in the shop for over 26 years, expressed: "Hearing it was won around the area was fantastic, I don't care who won it, as long a it was won around the area. It doesn't make any difference but I hope a syndicate won it, it's too much money for one person." In a heart-to-heart, one Lotto winner shared their humble plans for the cash, "What would I do with the money? I'd have to book in somewhere and get someone to advise me, I've a big family and I'd want to make them all happy." Meanwhile, the community is abuzz with the thought that a massive Lotto win could bring more trouble than joy. Shandon Street's very own Daniel Heffernan commented on the matter, stating - "I hope it's a syndicate as that amount of money would destroy people. How would you hide it if you won? You couldn't still go around driving a Toyota Corolla. But it's great for Shandon Street, I'm delighted it was won here." As this astonishing win makes history, it sets a record for being the heftiest sum ever scooped up in the Irish Republic since the introduction of EuroMillions in 2004, and marks the 18th occasion an Irish punter has won the EuroMillions jackpot.

Irish Times

2 hours ago

• Irish Times

Lottery Q&A: What are my odds and does it matter where I buy a ticket?

The shop that sold this week's winning EuroMillions ticket has been announced, has it? It has indeed. Clifford's Centra on Shandon Street in Cork City supplied the record-breaking €250 million ticket. Good for them. Do they get a big windfall too? Well, big is relative, isn't it? A shop that sells a winning ticket does indeed get a cash bonus from the National Lottery , with the amount depending on the nature of the winning ticket. A place that sells a winning Lotto ticket gets €15,000, falling to three grand if they sell a Lotto Plus 1 and €2,000 if they sell a Lotto Plus 2 ticket. Yeah, but they must really hit pay dirt if they sell a €250 million winner, right? Meh. The size of the cash sum given to shops for any particular lottery is the same no matter the jackpot. For selling a winning EuroMillions ticket, the Shandon Street Centra will collect €25,000. It is not to be sniffed at for sure but it is 0.01 per cent of the jackpot. What makes some of the prizes even less lavish than they first appear is that they have to be shared among shops if there is more than one winner. What do you mean? Well, it doesn't apply in this case, as there was just one winning ticket sold, but if a Lotto or EuroMillions jackpot is shard among two or more ticket holders, then the resulting cash the shops get must also be shared. READ MORE Still, better than nothing. Now, enough about the shops, let's get back to me. I didn't win the EuroMillions but is that because I bought my ticket in the wrong shop? Well, it is worth noting that the odds of winning the EuroMillions jackpot are 140 million to one against, which means you are far more likely to be struck by lightning several times. Mind you, the odds of you being born and able to read this sentence were around four trillion to one and yet that happened. But to get back to your question, the odds stay the same no matter where you buy your ticket although, there do appear to be some shops that are luckier than others. [ Graham Norton's pad and a trip to space: what else could Ireland's newest EuroMillions winner buy with €250m? Opens in new window ] I'm all ears ... Okay, so, there are quite a few shops in line for the title of the luckiest in Ireland. One of the top contenders is Carey's newsagents in Belmullet, Co Mayo. At the end of 2024 it sold the winning ticket for a jackpot worth just under €5.4 million. Back in 2017, one of its customers won €370,000, while in the same year another person – well, we have to hope they were different people – won €1 million in the Daily Million drawn. A year earlier it sold a jackpot-winning ticket worth just under €14 million while in 2015, a customer won the EuroMillions Plus top prize of €500,000. Then there was the €350,000 Lotto Plus 1 ticket it sold in 2012 and another jackpot-winning ticket worth €710,000 in 1991. That must be the luckiest shop in Ireland so? It depends on how you do your calculations. In 2005 the GO Stores in Garryowen, Limerick sold a EuroMillions quick pick to Dolores McNamara and she won €115 million. Ah, but that was a one-off, right? Actually no. In April 2024, the very same shop sold a winning ticket worth just under €9 million. Are there any other contenders? There are of course. There is the SuperValu in Bailieborough, which has sold three jackpot-winning tickets worth a total of almost €12 million. Wallaces in the Wexford town of Wellingtonbridge has also sold three tickets, with the cash value of its biggest prizes coming in at about €5 million. And while 13 might be an unlucky number for some, 2013 was a very lucky year for the Tesco in Mullingar, which sold not one but two jackpot-winning tickets worth a total of more than €11 million. That's a lot of lucky shops And there are more. The Centra in Ballybrack might also stake a claim, having sold a €86.7 million jackpot-winning ticket in 2014, while in 2016 a syndicate of friends won more than €66 million after buying a ticket in the Eason's store in the Fairgreen Shopping Centre in Carlow. Eason's in Thurles also sold a €17 million jackpot-winning ticket in 2018. And what about online? It hasn't done great in the EuroMillions stakes so far, with only one winner, who recorded a €49.5 million haul in 2020. So, tell me this, am I better off buying a ticket in a shop that has sold loads of jackpot-winning tickets or one that has never sold any? If the odds of selling one ticket are long, the odds of selling two or three or four must be immeasurably longer? Honestly, it doesn't make the slightest difference. Your odds of winning the EuroMillions will remain at, as we said, 140 million to one no matter where you buy your ticket. The odds of winning the regular Lotto are almost 11 million to one and no amount of superstition or lucky numbers is going to change that fact.