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FOR MOST OF us today is just a regular, slightly grey Thursday. Sigh.
For one jammy person though, today is a pretty good day.
There was one winner of last night’s giant €8.3 million Lotto, with the winning ticket sold in the mid-west. The larger-than-usual jackpot hadn’t been won in 46 days and had been rolling over since 22 January.
The odds on winning the Irish Lottery are 8,145,060 to 1.
One person matched five numbers plus the bonus, netting €25,000, while 39 people matched five numbers and won €1,696 for their trouble.
A spokesperson for the National Lottery said that – unsurprisingly – the big winner hasn’t yet been in touch but will have 90 days to claim their prize.
So jammy.
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My father lives in Kilrush, he does his lotto in the shop where it was won… He is not answering his phone this morning so until he does, I’ll let myself keep thinking how this money could be spent !!!
Best of luck to whoever has won it
Did he play a 2 draw €24 euro ticket ? , wanna be friends
Sorry ger. Dad was in..no lotto win for him.
The dream is over :(
What a pity…. The list was getting longer by the minute !!!
A phone that works is what should of been top of his list – tell him I said that !!
Good luck to them
Fun fact. You have a better chance of being killed by lightning http://thisinterestsme.com/lotto/
My bad, I meant struck by lightning.
Indeed, it is really a kind of tax!
Feel for the person who got the 5 numbers plus the bonus. While €25,000 is nice you would be absolutely sick of just missing the jackpot.
They didn’t miss by one they missed by 38
I just hope it wasn’t one of those bas**rds who got suspened sentences this week for robbing and terrorising an old man near there.
I’ll get in touch when I’m good and ready!
Best of British to them
Please tell me 62 people didn’t thumbs-down that just because of the word “British”.
If I won the lotto I’d put it all in a savings account and tell no one. Of course I would continue to work sure you need something to occupy your days. I wouldn’t want it to change my life.
Don’t you just hate people like that. It must take a complete lack of imagination to think that even tho there is 8mil in the bank you need to go back to your pointless job to occupy your time. And those who say “well money doesn’t buy happiness you know…” Who cares? You’d be rich!
Money may not be able to buy happiness, but it can certainly buy a better class of misery.
Won in Kilrush Co.Clare not the mid west!
Donegal Sligo – North west
Mayo Galway – West
Limerick Clare – Mid West
Kerry – South West
Cork – South Boy
You seem to have inside knowledge, did you win it? :)
I checked with the National Lottery and all they’re saying so far is that the winner was in the mid-west. Maybe their definition of mid-west covers Clare, and you could well be right about it, but that’s all the information we have about it right now. *looks enviously at the mid-west*
It’s said it on the Clare people Facebook page! Why all the red thumbs – it’s west Clare where I’m from not da mid west!
*wonders why all modern day journalists always have to have something like this at the end of their comments*
I think Sarah was trying to be funny, Mid-west. yee haaaa cowboys and all that .. maybe i just took it wrong
Sarah is right about where it was won but Sarah just cause your from West clare does not mean that your not also from the mid West , Mon the banner
Typical Clare worried about where they are on the map. The most important thing is you managed to squeeze into Munster
Fair enough – congrats to whoever won!!
Word has it it was Dave Mac. His immediate plans are to sit on the cash until a young family are sent to the workhouse so he can pick on the bones of their shattered dreams. Couldn’t have happened a nicer fella really!
Brilliant !! Just one question ,Silent ! Who lent him the money to buy the ticket ?
It was sold in Minter’s shop Henry Strreet Kilrush Co.Clare! Lotto confirm it this Morning!
Word is ….. The local fire brigade
Hide all the matches tonight people
If anyone needs a dig out just call me at the number below. I’m so lucky.
If there is a Midwest can someone tell us where the mid south would be ? Somewhere on Leinster ?
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you may not of won the jackpot but you could still have won something on the irish national lottery – click here to view the full prize breakdown and to watch the live draw
http://lotto-results-online.com/2014/03/06/irish-lotto-results-wednesday-5th-march-2014/
Very many big lottery winners report that they used a quick pick (lucky dip). Maybe there’s nothing really much in it, but quick picks certainly do seem to be more lucky. To try to take advantage of this, I have my own little just-for-fun page which generates personal quick pick numbers. As I say, it is only for fun, but you never know your luck! Look out for VillaLibra Lucky Numbers if you want to see if you can locate it.
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Best Regard
Kelsey Zachow
Best of luck to our new winner.
Lotto rolls over from Saturday night ,Today is only Tuesday ,draw not till tomorrow night,.
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