A lucky punter was celebrating last night after taking home nearly €340,000 in Saturday night's lotto draw.
The Roscommmon player is the second Rossie to come into riches in the last two weeks after a second punter scooped €500,000 in the Euromillions draw on October 7.
Last night's lucky winner, who was just one number short of winning the entire €4,453,585 jackpot, bought their ticket at Kelly’s Londis store on Bridge Street in Boyle.
Speaking on selling the winning ticket Neil Kennedy, owner of Kelly’s Londis, said“Word came through from our National Lottery rep last night and we shared the good news on the store’s Facebook page.
"Just a few hours later the word and it’s the talk of the town. We are in the middle of Boyle so the vast majority of our trade comes from our regular customers so hopefully it is one of them.
"It sure isn’t me anyway, unfortunately! However, it is great to sell our first ever major Lottery prizewinning ticket.
"We are in business here at Boyle since 1939 and I’m the third generation of our family running the store. We’ll be spreading the word to all of our customers today to check their tickets.”
The Lotto numbers from last night’s draw were: 03, 05, 12, 21, 22, 39 and the bonus number was: 30
And Lotto bosses are urging the player to come forward to claim their life changing prize of €339,205.
A spokesperson for the National Lottery said: “It’s been a lucky couple of weeks in Co. Roscommon with the two National Lottery wins totalling €839,205. Last night’s Lotto win, combined Roscommon’s win over Armagh in the football, meant it was a good Saturday for the Rossies.
"We are now asking all our players in Roscommon to check their Lotto tickets very carefully and if you do happen to be this lucky ticketholder please sign the back of the ticket and contact our prize claims team on 1800 666 222 or email claims@lottery.ie and we will make arrangements for you to collect your prize.”
