Lucky Irish Lotto punter bags huge six-figure sum but narrowly misses out on €6m jackpot as winning numbers revealed
A LUCKY Irish Lotto punter is celebrating tonight after a huge six-figure win - but the eye-watering €6.5m jackpot has gone unclaimed again.
In total, over 97,000 players won
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And one player is sure to be celebrating tonight, after winning a whopping €259,089.
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The numbers in tonight's draw were: 5, 7, 22, 23, 36 and 47.
The bonus number drawn was 19.
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One player managed to match five numbers along with the bonus, winning a handsome €259,089.
There was no winner of the top prize in the Lotto Plus 1 draw either, which sits at €1,000,000.
The numbers drawn in this draw were: 5, 6, 16, 25, 28 and 36.
The bonus number was 31.
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And the top prize of €250,000 in the Lotto Plus 2 draw also went unclaimed tonight.
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The numbers pulled in this draw were: 3, 8, 14, 30, 34 and 35.
The bonus number was 6.
And the winning raffle number tonight was 7500.
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There were 86 winners of the Raffle Prize, with each receiving €500.
Elsewhere, players in one county are being urged to check their tickets as a
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are appealing to players in Dublin to check their Daily Million Plus tickets.
One player managed to bag a huge prize of €500,000 in the Daily Million Plus draw held at 2pm on Friday, March 28.
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The winning ticket is held by someone in the Stillorgan area of South
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The winning Quick Pick ticket was bought at
The winning Daily Million Plus numbers from that draw were: 17, 22, 23, 25, 30, 37.
The bonus number pulled was 32.
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All winners have 90 days to claim their prize from the date of the draw.
This means that the Dublin winner has until the close of business on Thursday, June 26 - only three weeks away.
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The jackpot went unclaimed again
Credit: Crispin Rodwell - The Sun Dublin
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