{"id":208486,"date":"2025-11-30T19:14:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T19:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/208486\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T19:14:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T19:14:13","slug":"new-irish-millionaire-confirmed-as-lotto-players-urged-to-check-tickets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/208486\/","title":{"rendered":"New Irish millionaire confirmed as Lotto players urged to check tickets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a \u20ac1m win in Cork already this month &#8211; can lightning strike twice?<\/p>\n<p>16:26, 30 Nov 2025Updated 18:04, 30 Nov 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1_Close-up-of-colorful-lottery-balls.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up of lottery balls\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Close-up of lottery balls(Image: askhamdesign via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"corklive\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">The search is on to find Ireland&#8217;s newest millionaire after a lucky <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.corkbeo.ie\/all-about\/national-lottery\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Lotto Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lotto <\/a>player bagged a life-changing sum in Sunday&#8217;s Daily Million draw.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"corklive\">The punter scooped the top prize of \u20ac1 million in the 2pm Daily Million draw on Sunday, November 30, with the<strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"> winning numbers 2, 7, 9, 11, 27, 29 and the bonus numbers 21. <\/strong>The lucky winner now has 90 days to claim their prize from <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.corkbeo.ie\/all-about\/national-lottery\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Lotto Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lotto <\/a>chiefs, before they turn the winnings over to promote the National Lottery, which in turn will increase the funds raised for Good Causes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"corklive\">Lotto bosses are urging all Daily Million players to check their tickets carefully and if you&#8217;re holding the winning ticket, be sure to contact the National Lottery prize claims team on 1800 666 222 or email claims@lottery.ie to arrange the collection of your prize.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"corklive\">The National Lottery is set to reveal the shop which sold the winning ticket in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"corklive\">This latest Lotto win comes as winners in Munster claimed some incredible prizes this week, including one lucky Cork man who snapped up a seven-figure windfall &#8211; and he<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.corkbeo.ie\/news\/local-news\/i-didnt-tell-anyone-not-32965170\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" didn&#039;t even tell his wife.Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> didn&#8217;t even tell his wife.<\/a> He walked away from hte Lotto HQ in Dublin with the largest cheque of the week after winning \u20ac1m on the Lotto Plus 1 draw on Saturday, November 1. His ticket was purchased at Tesco, Market Green Shopping Centre, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.corkbeo.ie\/all-about\/midleton\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"MidletonLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Midleton<\/a>, Co. Cork.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"corklive\">He had heard a large prize was won locally &#8211; and he opened the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.corkbeo.ie\/all-about\/national-lottery\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"National LotteryLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">National Lottery<\/a> app to double-check his numbers, he got a notification reading &#8220;You&#8217;ve won big.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"corklive\">He said: &#8220;I always buy my ticket the day before the draw, and on this particular day, I was doing the school run &#8211; nothing out of the ordinary! I didn\u2019t tell anyone, not even my wife, and went to work as normal, although my head was absolutely scrambled. I knew I had to contact the National Lottery before heading home, just to be sure!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"corklive\">After double-checking the prize was his, he decided to hold off on sharing the news for just a few more hours before spilling the beans at <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.corkbeo.ie\/culture\/family-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"familyLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">family<\/a> dinner that evening &#8211; after dropping one or two sly hints.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"corklive\">Two siblings from Co Cork also made the trip to Lottery HQ to claim their Lotto Match 5 + Bonus prize of \u20ac292,572 from Saturday, November 22. Their winning ticket was purchased from Costcutter at 14\/15 Bridge Street in Cork city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"corklive\">&#8220;We just can&#8217;t believe it!&#8221; They laughed. &#8220;The two of us have been in a syndicate together for years, although I usually just give my brother the money and he does all the ticket buying and checking \u2013 he&#8217;s the manager.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"corklive\">After their sudden windfall, one sibling is looking forward to doing some home improvements, while the other has their sights set on a brand-new kitchen for hosting family and tea parties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a \u20ac1m win in Cork already this month &#8211; can lightning strike twice? 16:26, 30 Nov 2025Updated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[79,18,19,17,14730],"class_list":{"0":"post-208486","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-national-lottery"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}