A Meath lotto player scooped €61,959 in Saturday's lotto draw and was just one number way of winning the jackpot of more than €3 million.
The Royal county ticket holder matched five numbers and the bonus, falling agonisingly short of the whopping grand prize of €3,757,726.
The winning ticket was purchased on Saturday 25th April at Millbrook service station in Millbrook, Oldcastle, Co. Meath and residents in the area have been asked to check their tickets.
The winning numbers for last night’s (Saturday 1st May) Lotto draw were: 01, 04, 16, 23, 26, 35 and the bonus was 31.
Wednesday night’s (5th May) Lotto jackpot will now roll to an estimated €4 million.
Saturday night’s Lotto draw also saw 108 players get a massive boost to their winnings as the National Lottery topped up the Lotto Plus Raffle with an additional €1 million.
The Lotto Plus Raffle typically sees between 80 and 120 winners of €500 in every draw.
There were 108 Raffle winners on Saturday night which meant the boosted prize fund
came to a cool €9,759 for each Raffle winner.
The winning Lotto Plus Raffle number was: 0311
