Christmas Lotto draw delivers two millionaires – search for one hots up as winning shop named

Bumper festive Lotto draw produces two brand new millionaires

It is set to be a life-changing Christmas for two lucky Lotto players in who both became millionaires after the Saturday December 23 bumper festive Lotto draw.

There were an incredible 119,000 prize winners in Saturday’s yuletide Lotto bonanza, and even though there was no winner of the €9.8 million jackpot on offer, there were still two new millionaires after the draw.

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An online player matched all six numbers in the Lotto Plus 1 draw to scoop the €1 million top prize. The National Lottery has confirmed that a notification to the user’s online account and a separate email has now been sent to the lucky ticket holder who is from Kilkenny.

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The winning numbers in the Lotto Plus 1 draw were: 01, 02, 03, 11, 32 and 35 while the bonus number was 42.

Also celebrating this Christmas is a lucky player who won the special ‘forgotten’ €1,000,500 Lotto Plus Raffle prize.

This special €1 million Raffle prize was returned to players after a ticket holder in Monaghan missed a prize claim last November for a Lotto Plus Raffle prize of €1,000,500 which they won on Saturday 19th August.

The Lotto Plus Raffle typically sees between 60 and 120 winners of €500 in every draw but Saturday night’s draw saw each of the tickets with the winning Lotto Plus Raffle number drawn in the draw entered into a once-off random draw where one ticket was selected to win an additional prize of €1 million. While every ticket holder who had the winning Raffle number won €500, one player has won €1 million in addition to the usual €500 prize.

The winning Raffle number was: 9652.

The winning Quick Pick ticket was purchased at the AppleGreen store at Roundtower in Lusk in Co Dublin and National Lottery chiefs have urged all players who buy physical tickets in Dublin and the surrounding areas to check their numbers quickly .

National Lottery is advising all big prize winners over the festive season to sign the back of their winning tickets and keep them safe. They should make contact with the National Lottery Prize Claims team on 1800 666 222 or email claims@lottery.ie and arrangements will be made for them to claim their prize early in the New Year.

Remember you will never have to worry about signing or losing a winning ticket if you play the Lotto and EuroMillions games online. You don't even have to worry about checking your tickets.

Lottery bosses will email you automatically to notify you whenever you win on one of the draws - whether it's a small prize or a jackpot

What happens next

The Wednesday December 27 Lotto jackpot is set to hurtle an estimated €10.2 million.

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