National Lottery officials are urging players in the Portlaoise area to check their tickets carefully today after one ticket holder came within one number of the €6,964,057 jackpot.
The lucky Laois player matched five numbers and the bonus to win €97,758 and has yet to claim their prize.
The winning Quick Pick ticket was purchased on the day of the draw in the Supervalu shop at Parkside on the Abbeyleix Road in Portlaoise.
The winning numbers for Wednesday night’s Lotto draw were: 20, 24, 27, 32, 39, 43 and the bonus was 25.
Wayne Frawley, Manager of Supervalu Parkside, was delighted to hear the good news and said: “There’s already a great buzz around the place this morning. Lots of the locals were excited to hear the news as well.
“It’s great to think that one of our customers is waking up today over €97,000 richer.
“It certainly was nice to be getting a call from the National Lottery with such good news like that.
“I wish the winner all the best and let’s just hope they check their ticket soon.”
The winning ticket holder is advised to sign the back of their ticket and to contact the prize claims team on 1800 666 222 or email claims@lottery.ie so arrangements can be made for them to claim their prize.
While there was no winner of last night's jackpot, over 70,000 players won prizes across Lotto and Lotto Plus.
The next lotto jackpot, on Saturday, July 24 is now set to roll to an estimated €7.5 million.
