Irish Lotto presenter Nuala Carey is hoping the huge €18 million jackpot is scooped this weekend.
The familiar face on RTE screens said she would love to say she "played a role" in the life-changing win "from a selfish point of view".
The presenter said: “The current Lotto jackpot really has taken on a life of its own. It’s all anybody wants to talk to me about, whether it’s people on the street or even my own family.
"Everybody wants some tips on winning the big prize and they even want some additional luck from me in the hope that their numbers will come out. It’s all great fun at the moment.
“Little did I know when I presented the €2 million Lotto draw on Wednesday, June 9 that it would still be rolling to €18 million almost four months later, it really is incredible.
I’m lucky to share hosting duties of the Lotto draw with my colleagues Blathnaid (Treacy) and Kamal (Ibrahim) but from a selfish point of view, I would love this Saturday’s jackpot to be won so that I can say that I played a role in the draw that made one lucky person possibly €18 million richer.
"It’s absolutely life-changing – we’ll have to wait and see what happens on Saturday now."
Tonight's lotto jackpot is heading towards an estimated €18 million.
Since the Lotto game launched in Ireland in 1988, only one jackpot in excess of €18 million has ever been won which was in June 2008 when the Dan Morrissey syndicate from Carlow scooped €18,963,441. A single winner of tomorrow night’s life-changing €18 million (est) jackpot would officially become the second highest winner in the history of the game in Ireland.
