Kildare online player wins €1,005,000 in EuroMillions Ireland Only Raffle
An online EuroMillions player in Co. Kildare has won €1,005,000 in the special Ireland Only Raffle held alongside Friday night’s draw on 30 October. The National Lottery confirmed that the winning raffle number was I-VHF-24966 and that the ticket was bought online. The winner has become the country’s newest National Lottery millionaire, according to the operator’s spokesperson, Darragh O’Dwyer. An email notification has already gone to the player, who is being encouraged to check their account and contact the Prize Claims team. Arrangements will then be made for the prize to be collected at National Lottery headquarters in Dublin.
How the Ireland Only Raffle prize was built
The Halloween draw carried an extra ‘Ireland Only’ Raffle event with a guaranteed prize of €1,005,000 for one player. That figure is not a single lump drawn on its own, and the structure explains the odd-looking sum.
As with every EuroMillions draw, ten players in Ireland won €5,000 each through their unique raffle ticket numbers. On this occasion one of those ten had an additional €1,000,000 added on top, which is how the Kildare player’s total reached €1,005,000.
The other nine raffle winners each kept the standard €5,000 prize.
A raffle of this kind works differently from the main game, and the distinction is worth keeping clear. In the main EuroMillions draw a player has to match numbers and Lucky Stars, so a jackpot can roll over when nobody matches them all. A raffle prize, by contrast, is guaranteed to go to one ticket number on the night, because a winning code is always drawn from the tickets in play. That is why the €1,005,000 was certain to be won even though the jackpot itself was not.
Winning numbers and the claims process
The main numbers drawn on Friday 30 October were 3, 12, 14, 17 and 37, with 3 and 12 as the Lucky Stars. There was no winner of the EuroMillions jackpot on the night.
Across the EuroMillions and Plus games, more than 59,000 players in Ireland won prizes in that draw, the National Lottery said.
The nine other raffle numbers that each won €5,000 were I-VHD-64643, I-VHF-36385, I-VHG-20729, I-VHJ-14353, I-VHJ-22226, I-VHJ-70571, I-VHK-49817, I-VHL-70170 and I-VHM-05592.
What the winner has been asked to do
Because the ticket was bought online, the operator already holds the player’s contact details and has sent an email notification. The winner has been asked to ring the Prize Claims team on 1800 666 222 or email [email protected], after which collection at National Lottery headquarters will be arranged. The player’s identity has not been made public, and the National Lottery has not said whether the winner has yet been in touch.
