IF YOU HAVEN’T gotten around to checking your Euromillions ticket yet, we have bad news: it wasn’t you.
The holder of the Irish ticket which shared last night’s jackpot of nearly €188 million has made contact with the National Lottery.
Lottery authorities said the winning ticket was sold in the Dublin region.
Assuming the ticket was not held by a syndicate, the winner will become the second-biggest lottery winner in Irish history.
Only Dolores McNamara’s sole win of €115,436,126 in 2005 ranks as a higher lottery windfall for an Irish player.
The Euromillions jackpot was the second-biggest in the history of the draw: the only bigger jackpot, of €190 million, was won by a couple from Suffolk last August.
Don’t throw away your ticket just yet, however: it could still be worth a reasonable amount to you.
Aside from the jackpot winner, 41 Irish entrants won €175 for matching four of the five regular numbers and one of the two ‘Lucky Stars’.
88 people matched four numbers, taking €87, while 92 people won €62 for matching three of the regular numbers and both of the Lucky Stars.
Some 47,320 tickets will have won €4 for matching two of the five numbers.
Next Friday’s jackpot will revert to the minimum €15 million.
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