The National Lottery has confirmed that it will be adding an additional €1 million to the Lotto Plus Raffle prize fund for this Saturday’s draw.
It comes as the eye-watering €19.06 million top prize will go up for grabs for a tenth time.
And while the top prizes of the Lotto Plus One (€1 million) and Lotto Plus Two (€250,000) will remain the same, the change to the Lotto Plus Raffle is intriguing.
Winners of the Lotto Plus Raffle typically win €500 in every draw but tomorrow night, players are set for a boost to their winnings.
By topping up the raffle prize fund by €1 million, each winner will instead claim an equal share of the €1 million amount in addition to the €500 prize.
Over the last six Lotto draws, there have been between 139 and 196 winners of the Lotto Plus Raffle. The National Lottery estimate that if tomorrow night’s draw has approximately the same number of Raffle winners, that each will receive between €5,000 - €8,000.
Lotto players are also set to see a boost to a lower prize tier in the main Lotto draw due to the jackpot remaining capped at €19.06 million. The funds that would usually be added to the jackpot will instead continue to flow down to the next prize tier at which there is a winner.
Across the last ten Lotto draws, 147 Lotto players have benefited from the boosted prize funds at the Match 5 + Bonus and Match 5 tiers.
On Wednesday night, three Lotto players shared €1,024,125 after matching five numbers and the bonus.
