An Irish lotto player came agonisingly close to scooping a whopping jackpot of over €6.1 million.
However the lucky Cork player will still being walking away with an incredible €99,638 in the midweek draw.
Punters in the Rebel County are being urged to check their tickets after the staggering win.
The winning Quick Pick ticket was purchased on the day of the draw on Wednesday at O’Riordan’s Filling Station in Lower Bluepool, Kanturk.
Shaun O’Riordan, who owns the family-run store along with his sister Mardy, was delighted for the Wednesday winner: “We have lots of local customers so it’s great to think that someone in the town might have won over €99,000.
"We have a team of 16 working here so there’s already a great buzz around the place – I imagine this will grow even more as customers come in throughout the day to check their tickets as the news spreads. We’re all over the moon for the lucky winner – now let’s hope we can have a repeat of this on Saturday night and sell another winning ticket!”
The winning numbers for last night’s (Wednesday 14th July) Lotto draw were: 03, 09, 11, 27, 29, 47 and the bonus was 34.
Over 82,000 players won prizes across the Lotto and Lotto Plus draws. Saturday night’s Lotto jackpot is now set to roll to an estimated €6.5 million.
