Lotto bosses have revealed Saturday night's €4m winning Jackpot ticket was sold in Doughiska, just outside Galway city.
The lucky punter picked up their ticket at Joyce’s Supermarket, Doughiska Shopping Centre, Doughiska Road, less than 10 kilometres from Galway city centre.
The delighted owner of Joyce’s Supermarket, Pat Joyce said: “We are absolutely thrilled to have sold the winning jackpot ticket and it’s fantastic news for our customers in the Doughiska community.
"We’ve been spreading the good news to our locals this morning and getting them to check their Lotto tickets.
"Doughiska is a lovely place, one that has grown a lot in terms of population in recent years and is a multicultural town so I’m really hoping that the winner is a local.”
The newly-minted millionaire is richer to the tune of €4,051,610 after their numbers came up in Saturday's main draw.
The numbers drawn were: 9, 10, 34, 37, 40, 47 and the bonus number was 7.
And a midlands player also struck gold when they won a cool €1m in the Lotto Plus 1 draw with a ticket they picked up at the Spar Maxol store and service station on Church Road, Tullamore, Co. Offaly.
The winning Lotto Plus 1 numbers for last night’s draw were: 3, 25, 28, 34, 42, 27 and the bonus was 11.
Meanwhile, a third lucky player came agonisingly close to sharing the Lotto jackpot, matching five numbers and the bonus ball, but still picked up a cool €238,673.
The player bought their ticket at O’Brien’s Corner House, Lanesboro Road in Co. Longford.
The National Lottery is appealing to its Lotto players in Galway, Offaly and Longford to check their tickets.
A spokesperson said: “It’s fantastic news that we have two new millionaires from last night’s Lotto draws.
"These lucky players are the tenth and eleventh Lotto millionaires made this year alone.
"We are now asking all our players in Galway, Offaly and Longford to carefully check their tickets.”
“If you think you have won one of these life-changing prizes, be sure to sign the back of the ticket, keep these valuable pieces of paper safe and contact our prize claims team on 01 836 4444, and we will make arrangements for you to come to the National Lottery to collect your prize”.
