€250m EuroMillions jackpot won by player in Munster
The record-breaking ticket was sold at a retail store in the south of the country
The €250 million EuroMillions jackpot was won by a lucky player in Munster, the National Lottery has confirmed.
Spokesperson Emma Monaghan told RTE that the winning ticket was sold at a retail store in Munster.
'It's great news for Irish players, we are the delighted for the winner," she said.
'They've now become the highest ever winner of an Irish National Lottery game. So that is some title to hold.
'If anyone has found they are holding the winning ticket, they should sign the back of it and keep it somewhere safe,' she added, urging them to 'stay calm.'
The massive €250m jackpot won has beaten the previous record-breaking amount by millions.
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Whoever has plucked the magic numbers of 13, 22, 23, 44 and 49 and Lucky Stars of 3 and 5, has set a new bar for winning in Ireland
But the €250m win puts the €175m won by a family syndicate from Co Dublin in 2019 in the shade.
They had held the record for almost 14 years after the most famous lotto winner and previous record holder Dolores McNamara hit the headlines on August 4, 2005.
The Limerick woman arrived at Lotto HQ to collect a cheque for the biggest lotto jackpot in European history at the time.
It was estimated that Dolores, who became the 58th richest person in Ireland at the time, would earn up to €3 million a year in interest alone.
Dolores has kept a low profile and is rarely photographed or seen out in public but six months after her win she spent €1.7million on Lough Derg Hall - an enormous house set on 38 acres just outside the village of Killaloe.
Her win dwarfs that of the next top four biggest winners including the €16.7m scooped by an anonymous player in Co Waterford in 2010.
In April of that year, a lucky punter from Dungarvan bought an Irish Lotto ticket and claimed more than €16m after the jackpot had rolled over for more than a month. The store owner of the shop the winning ticket was bought in claimed it 'couldn't have happened to a nicer person'.
In 2008, a Dan Morrissey quarry syndicate from Co Carlow won €18.9m with a €32 Quick Pick ticket that landed each member €1.1m.
A slightly larger €19m win was scored by an anonymous winner from Co Mayo in 2022 after an incredible 62 rollovers
Another syndicate – this time in the EuroMillions – saw 22 bus drivers from Dublin secure €23.8m in 2016.
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