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Irish Times
6 hours ago
- Business
- 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.
Yahoo
7 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
€250m EuroMillions ticket shop revealed
The winning ticket in a €250m (£213m) EuroMillions jackpot was sold at a shop in Cork city in the Republic of Ireland, the Irish National Lottery has announced. The winner, who has already contacted the company but has not been identified, bought the ticket at Clifford's Centra store in Shandon Street. The shop owner, Ted Clifford, told Irish broadcaster RTÉ there was a "great buzz". He added he had "no idea" about the identity of the winning ticket holder. He also revealed his shop sold a €100,000 (£85,000) winning ticket on New Year's Eve. "I think this is when our luck started for the winning streak", he said. "I send my warmest congratulations to the winner and their family, and hopefully they'll have good fortune with their money." He added that staff at the shop were planning "a big celebration". €250m EuroMillions winning ticket holder comes forward €250m EuroMillions winning ticket sold in Munster
The Independent
8 hours ago
- Business
- The Independent
Shop owner reacts after selling winning EuroMillions ticket
Clifford's Centra in Cork city, Ireland, has been identified as the shop that sold the winning €250 million EuroMillions jackpot ticket. Shop owner Ted Clifford expressed excitement, initially thinking the news was a prank, and highlighted his shop's previous success in selling winning tickets. This €250 million prize is the largest ever EuroMillions win in Ireland and marks the 18th Irish jackpot winner. The winner has already contacted the National Lottery, which will provide support for managing the significant sum. Ted Clifford plans to use the €25,000 prize money awarded to the shop to host a 'big celebration' for his staff.
The Independent
9 hours ago
- Business
- The Independent
Irish shop workers stunned by sale of EuroMillions jackpot-winning ticket
A shop in Ireland is preparing for a "big celebration" after it was revealed to have sold the winning €250 million EuroMillions jackpot ticket. Clifford's Centra on Shandon Street in Cork city has been identified as the lucky outlet. admitting he initially thought it was a "wind up" when informed on Thursday evening. Amidst sweltering temperatures across Ireland on Friday, Mr Clifford quipped: "It is definitely going to be the hottest day of the year at Shandon Street." He added that this isn't the first time the shop has been a hub for big wins, having previously sold other significant prize tickets. 'It is fantastic news – this all kicked off on New Year's Eve when we sold a 100,000 euro ticket to a local person,' Mr Clifford remarked. 'That's when our luck, or winning streak, started.' Mr Clifford, who is the third generation owner of the store which has been operating for 95 years, said he is 'proud to be part of the community'. Speaking on RTE radio's Morning Ireland, he sent his 'warmest congratulations' to the winner and their family. Asked if he knows who that might be, he replied: 'I have no idea, it's a busy shop – there's a lot of people in and out. 'Hopefully they will have good fortune with their money.' Mr Clifford said it is a 'life-changing amount of money', but the National Lottery will support the winner. The shop owner said he will use 25,000 euros in prize money for the shop to have a 'big celebration' with the staff. He said there was a 'great buzz' and 'a lot of people around' following the announcement. The winner of the jackpot has already contacted the National Lottery. It is the 18th Irish winner and the largest ever Irish win of the EuroMillions jackpot. The winning numbers from Tuesday's draw were 13, 22, 23, 44 and 49, with lucky stars 3 and 5. Earlier in the week, Cian Murphy, chief executive of the Irish National Lottery, had offered advice to the then-unidentified winner, urging them to "stay calm" as the "massive" win could come as a shock. The EuroMillions jackpot is capped once it reaches 250 million euro – or £208 million on current currency conversions. This jackpot reached the maximum amount on Friday June 6 after rolling over several times. In total, more than 92,000 players in Ireland won prizes in the EuroMillions and Plus games. The last Irish winner of the EuroMillions jackpot was in February 2022, when a person won 30.9 million euro with a quick pick ticket they purchased at a service station in Ballina, Co Tipperary.
BBC News
9 hours ago
- Business
- BBC News
Cork: €250m EuroMillions ticket shop revealed
The winning ticket in a €250m (£213m) EuroMillions jackpot was sold at a shop in Cork city in the Republic of Ireland, the Irish National Lottery has winner, who has already contacted the company but has not been identified, bought the ticket at Clifford's Centra store in Shandon shop owner, Ted Clifford, told Irish broadcaster RTÉ there was a "great buzz".He added he had "no idea" about the identity of the winning ticket holder. He also revealed his shop sold a €100,000 (£85,000) winning ticket on New Year's Eve."I think this is when our luck started for the winning streak", he said."I send my warmest congratulations to the winner and their family, and hopefully they'll have good fortune with their money."He added that staff at the shop were planning "a big celebration".
