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Marita Moloney

EuroMillions mania hits fever pitch in one Irish town as shop where €30.9m ticket sold revealed

The Irish shop which sold the €30.9 million winning EuroMillions ticket has been revealed.

One player became the country's newest multi-millionaire and Ireland's 17th EuroMillions jackpot winner after Friday's draw.

It was announced on Monday that the golden ticket was sold at Larkin’s Gala Service Station in Garryurtneal, Ballina, Killaloe, Co Clare (Tipperary).

Larkin’s Gala Service Station is located on the border of countries Clare, Limerick and Tipperary.

The winning Quick Pick ticket was sold at the family-run shop on Sunday, February 6.

The winning ticket was sold in Larkin’s Gala Service Station in Ballina. (Google Maps)

The numbers drawn for Friday night's game were 13, 18, 38, 42, 45 with lucky stars 7 and 11.

Siobhan Larkin, who owns the business with her husband Michael, spoke of the complete shock and joy she felt on receiving the news over the weekend.

“When our visitors from the National Lottery arrived here on Sunday evening, I was totally overwhelmed and in quite a state of shock," she said.

"I couldn’t believe that it was our store that sold the winning ticket worth €30.9 million. We are coming up to 21 years in business here this March so what a way this is to mark the occasion.

"The vast majority of our customers are locals so we hope that the winner might be a local too and wish them all the very best with their huge win.”

She added: “This win is going to be absolutely huge for the community. It’s become a bit of a running joke now as to where the winning ticket was actually sold because of our unique border location – was it Clare, Limerick or Tipperary?

"As proud Tipperary people, we’ll be claiming the win for Tipp!”

The National Lottery is continuing to urge players to check their tickets very carefully as one lucky player who purchased their ticket at Larkin’s Gala Service Station now has a ticket worth €30,928,078.

The winner is advised to sign the back of their ticket and to keep it in a safe place. The player should make contact with the National Lottery prize claims team on 1800 666 222 or email claims@lottery.ie and arrangements will be made for them to claim their hugely life-changing prize.

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