A coffee shop in Sligo University Hospital is celebrating after selling a €195,042 winning EuroMillions ticket, but the player was agonisingly close to scooping the €64million jackpot.
The punter matched five numbers and one lucky star number, meaning they were just one away from claiming the mega prize.
It's the second time this week that a player in Ireland came close to winning the jackpot, after another player in Co Cavan took home the secondary prize of €265,150 in Tuesday night’s draw.
Tracy O’Neill, manager of the Aramark run shop at Sligo University Hospital, said that there is massive excitement running through the hospital following news of the win.
She said: “I’m absolutely speechless this morning thinking that somebody in Sligo hospital is nearly €200,000 richer because they bought a lottery ticket from our coffee dock yesterday.
"As everybody knows, it is a challenging time for anybody working in a hospital environment and we are no different.
"Due to Covid-19, visiting restrictions remain in place at the hospital so there is a big possibility that this lucky winner is a member of staff.
"Knowing how hard each and every person in the hospital is working, I can assure you that whoever the winner is, it is richly deserved. We are absolutely thrilled for them.”
The winning EuroMillions Plus numbers were 05, 20, 21, 36, 41 and the Lucky Stars were 06 and 11.
There was no winner of Friday’s €64 million EuroMillions jackpot which means that Tuesday’s jackpot is now heading for a massive €75 million.
