Someone in Offaly is €300k richer

An Offaly National Lottery player is €300k richer this week thanks to a Match 5 + bonus number lottery ticket.

The Offaly winner purchased their Quick Pick ticket on the day of the draw online at www.lottery.ie.

The ticket is one of three winning €305,478 each and the National Lottery is urging all players to check their tickets carefully.

The €19,060,800 Lotto jackpot remains up for grabs this weekend after there was no overall winner in Wednesday's draw.

As no additional funds were added to the jackpot as it remains capped, the funds that would usually go to the jackpot were instead distributed to the next prize tier at which there was a winner and in last night’s draw, this was the Match 5+Bonus category.

The Mayo winner scooped their share of the €916,434 Match 5+Bonus prize after purchasing their winning Quick Pick ticket on Tuesday, January 4, at Mulherne’s Applegreen Filling Station and Gala Shop on Ballina Street in Crossmolina.

The Galway winner purchased their winning Quick Pick ticket on Tuesday 4th January at Londis in Tí Cloch Mhíle on the Dublin Road in Co. Galway.

The winning numbers for Wednesday night’s (5th January) Lotto draw were: 8, 24, 36, 38, 41, 45 and the bonus was 16.

The National Lottery has confirmed that a notification to the user’s online account and a separate email has now been sent to the lucky Offaly ticket holder.