Lucky Laois player wins €250,000 on Lotto Draw

A lucky player from Co Laois woke up a quarter of a million euro richer today after scooping the top prize on last night’s Lotto Plus 2 Draw.

Lucky Laois player wins  €250,000 on Lotto Draw

Update 11.50am: A lucky player from Co Laois woke up a quarter of a million euro richer today after scooping the top prize on last night’s Lotto Plus 2 Draw.

The National Lottery today appealed to all Laois players to check their tickets to see if they have landed this lovely windfall.

The winning Quick Pick ticket was purchased in Supervalu in Main Street, Abbeyleix. Last night’s winning Lotto Plus 2 draw numbers were: 8, 12, 22, 23, 24, 26, and bonus number 27.

And in a double stroke of luck for the SuperValu chain it’s store in Railway Road, Kenmare, Co Kerry, had a Lotto Match 5 plus Bonus winner also from last night’s Lotto draw. That lucky winner has scooped €47,928.

The winning Lotto draw numbers were: 2, 8, 25, 33, 39, 42 and Bonus number 43. The jackpot of a mega €5,644,363 was not won.

The manager of Supervalu in Abbeyleix, April O’Halloran, said today there is massive excitement in the store with news of the big win.

We can’t believe it! This is our biggest Lotto win to date. Customers have been coming in since 7 a.m. checking their tickets. There is an amazing buzz and we hope that the winner is a local.

A National Lottery spokesperson urged its players in Laois and Kerry to check their tickets. “We are delighted to have two happy players today, in Laois and Kerry! And we are also thrilled for SuperValu who sold both winning tickets. We are reminding our players that as the jackpot wasn’t won it will be rolling to over €6 million for this Saturday.”

Earlier: Someone in the Midlands is €250,000 richer after last night's Lotto

There was no winner of last night's Lotto draw but one ticket did scoop €250,000 in the Lotto Plus 2 draw.

The winning numbers were 8, 12, 22, 23, 24 and 26. The bonus was 27.

The winning ticket was bought in the Midlands.

- Digital Desk

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