A LUCKY player is celebrating after bagging the mega prize in tonight’s draw – as Lotto bosses reveal the county of the winning ticket.
The Lotto Plus player has scooped a whopping €500,000.
The National Lottery bosses confirmed that the lucky punter who bagged the win is located in Dublin.
The location where the winning ticket was purchased in Dublin has not yet been revealed by the bosses.
However, it is expected to be revealed over the weekend.
The winning numbers in tonight’s draw were 5, 25, 35, 37 and 45.
But that’s not the only winner of the draw, as 151 winners claimed a huge prize of €2,000 while 5318 players bagged €20 each.
Meanwhile, the EuroMillions jackpot prize of €250,000,000 has not yet been claimed tonight, which makes it the fifth and final draw, meaning it’s up for grabs in the next draw.
A “Must Be Won” draw will be triggered on Friday, June 20, where a lucky winner will become a mega millionaire, even richer than Adele and Dua Lipa.
This means that the money will have to be given to someone that night.
Players can therefore win the huge sum of cash, without matching all five numbers and two lucky stars.
If no one matches the five numbers and two lucky stars, the fund will roll down to the next tier, meaning anyone who matches five numbers and one lucky star will share the eye-watering prize.
If no one is a winner in this tier, then players who have matched just the five main numbers will share the prize.
The jackpot will keep moving down a tier until there is a winner.
Tonight’s winning numbers were 2, 28, 40, 43 and 45, and the two lucky stars were 3 and 7.
Only two players managed to match four numbers and two stars, winning themselves €1,558 each.
Lastly, the Ireland only raffle numbers were drawn for the whopping prize of €5,000.
The winning raffle numbers were: I-SGQ-61356, I-SGQ-85157, I-SGW-40024, I-SGW-42372, I-SGW-60123, I-SGW-74872, I-SHB-54750, I-SHB-77164, I-SHC-14529 and I-SHF-71955.
The lucky winners are asked to keep their tickets safe and contact the Lotto HQ claim office to redeem their prizes.
They have up to 90 days from the day of the winning draw to claim their prize.
WHAT COULD YOU BUY WITH €19 MILLION?
WINNING tonight’s €19 million jackpot would be instantly life-changing.
But what could you buy if you took home tonight’s top prize?
WORLD’S SECOND MOST EXPENSIVE CAR
The world’s second-most expensive car is the Bugatti La Voiture Noire which goes for a whopping €18,700,000.
You’d have around €300,000 of your winnings left over for maintenance.
126 NIGHTS IN THE WORLD’S MOST EXPENSIVE HOTEL
The world’s most expensive hotel is the Lover’s Deep Luxury Submarine Hotel in St Lucia.
The submarine-come hotel is underwater and can move around the Caribbean at the guest’s request.
However, it costs a whopping €125,000 a night, meaning if you won tonight’s jackpot you could stay there for 126 nights.
316 WALKING STICKS BELONGING TO MICHAEL COLLINS
A walking stick belonging to Irish hero Michel Collins was sold at an auction in Belfast yesterday for £52,000 (€60,000).
If you won the €19 million jackpot, theoretically you could afford to buy the walking stick 316 times.
42 TRIPS TO SPACE WITH VIRGIN GALACTIC
Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic project to create space tourism is almost a reality.
Tickets for a space flight seat currently start at $450,000 (€386,000) meaning you could take 49 trips to space and back with the €19 million winnings.
6,552 ARSENAL SEASON TICKETS
Arsenal currently have the most expensive season tickets out of any Premier League club.
The Gunners’ most expensive season ticket for home games this season will set you back £2,545 (€2,900).
However, if you won tonight’s top prize you could buy that season ticket for yourself and 6,551 friends.
