It could be you! Christmas comes early for one lucky Louth Lotto player with €25k win

The National Lottery has announced that Saturday night’s Lotto Plus Raffle saw one lucky Louth player win €25,287.

Two players matched five numbers and the bonus in the main draw on Saturday night to share €50,573, with one winner in Louth and the other in Monaghan.

The Louth winner scooped their share of the Match 5 + Bonus prize after purchasing their ticket on the day of the draw at the Londis Top Shop in Ravensdale, Dundalk.  

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Saturday night’s draw also featured a boosted Lotto Plus Raffle which saw one player win a €1 million special prize.

The Lotto Plus Raffle typically sees between 60 and 120 winners of €500 in every draw but in last night’s draw, the National Lottery boosted the Raffle prize fund with a guaranteed to be won €1 million.

The winning Raffle number was: 8897.

The winning Lotto Plus Raffle ticket from Saturday night's December 20 draw was a quick pick ticket sold in Dublin 7. 

It was purchased in the Spar store at Unit 62-65 on Mountjoy Street, Store manager Dean Bheemul said on the store selling the winning ticket: “We’re absolutely thrilled to have sold a winning Lotto Plus Raffle ticket here on Mountjoy Street, and just in time for Christmas!"

"It’s great news and we’re all buzzing here in the store. We would like to wish the winner the very best and every happiness for the future!”

Meanwhile, two players in Monaghan and Louth matched five numbers and the bonus in the main draw on Saturday night to share €50,573.

The Monaghan winner purchased their Quick Pick ticket on the day of the draw at McMahon’s Centra on the Main Street in Castleblayney to win their €25,287 amount.

While the Louth winner scooped their share of the Match 5 + Bonus prize after purchasing their ticket on the day of the draw at the Londis Top Shop in Ravensdale, Dundalk.  

The winning numbers in the Saturday 20th December draw were: 03, 15, 18, 20, 27, 43 and the bonus was 30.

On these wins, National Lottery spokesperson Sarah Orr said: “What a way to get Christmas week started! The Dublin, Monaghan and Louth winners, who were the largest winners from the weekend draw, are advised to sign the back of their tickets and keep them safe."

"The winners should contact the National Lottery Prize Claims team on 1800 666 222 or email claims@lottery.ie and arrangements will be made for them to collect their prizes in Lottery Headquarters.” 

“While over 87,000 players nationwide won prizes across Saturday night’s Lotto and Lotto Plus draws, including the Lotto Plus Raffle winner and the two Match 5+Bonus winners, there was no winner of the €3,401,640 jackpot on offer. Wednesday’s Lotto jackpot is now set to roll towards an estimated €3.8 million.”