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# Lottery
Last year
2022
# Big Money
US Powerball jackpot reaches record $1.9 billion
The Powerball jackpot is the biggest ever amassed.
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Nov 6th 2022, 2:12 PM
# EuroMillions
Someone in Ireland has won tonight's €30.9 million EuroMillions jackpot
The news was confirmed by the National Lottery this evening.
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Feb 11th 2022, 9:06 PM
# Is it you?
National Lottery appeals for €30,000 winner to come forward
The winning ticket was bought in the Ilac Centre in Dublin 1 on 15 October.
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Jan 5th 2022, 4:06 PM
All time
# Money Money Money
Single ticket wins $700 million Powerball jackpot in US
No one had won the game’s grand prize since 5 June.
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Oct 5th 2021, 9:35 AM
# Winner winner
Ohio announces first million dollar vaccine lottery winner
More than 2.7 million adults signed up for the prize and over 104,000 children aged 12 to 17 entered the draw for a college scholarship.
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May 27th 2021, 12:45 PM
# pandemic prize
In Ohio, people who get a Covid vaccine are entered in a draw for $1 million
The state will give a $1 million prize away every week for five weeks in a lottery open to residents who have received at least one dose of a vaccine.
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May 13th 2021, 7:46 AM
# 5 6 7 8 9 10
South African lotto sequence sparks accusations of fraud
The consecutive numbers 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and a PowerBall number of 10 was the winning combination.
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Dec 2nd 2020, 10:19 PM
# Investigation
Lottery scratch card prizes were 'omitted due to human error', inquiry finds
The National Lottery previously apologised that four of the top prizes were not included in certain games in recent years.
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Oct 8th 2020, 12:57 PM
# Kerry
People urged to check their lottery tickets after someone wins €9.7 million jackpot
The winning ticket was sold in Co Kerry.
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Apr 19th 2020, 10:35 AM
# Lottery
Champions Cup Power Rankings: Where Irish sides really stand
The system is flawed and Johann van Graan’s side need to be cut a little slack. The pool of death has killed Munster’s European dreams.
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Jan 13th 2020, 9:11 PM
# australian wildfire crisis
Australian wildfire victim will rebuild his family home after €617,000 lottery win
The Queensland man, who wishes to remain anonymous, used his wife’s “special numbers” on the ticket.
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Jan 9th 2020, 1:32 PM
# El Gordo
TV reporter apologises over her reaction to winning in Spain's bumper Christmas lottery
Viewers were annoyed when they found out Natalia Escudero had won just a fraction of the grand prize.
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Dec 23rd 2019, 11:01 PM
# Explainer
Investigation into how top prizes were not included in some National Lottery games being considered
Here’s what you need to know about top prizes not being included in some National Lottery games
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Dec 12th 2019, 1:03 PM
# Criticism
Dublin Marathon says new lottery system 'gives everyone a fair chance'
Criticism of the new system claimed that seasoned runners could miss out on participating next year.
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Oct 30th 2019, 6:29 PM
# jackpot
Winning Lotto ticket worth €4 million was sold in suburb 10km from Galway city centre
Everyone at Joyce’s Supermarket is celebrating today.
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Jun 9th 2019, 3:10 PM

Voices
Opinion: You’ve just won €175m in the euro millions - don't buy the yacht just yet
‘Research from Harvard has shown that money can, in fact, buy you happiness but not in the way you think’, writes Eoin McGee.
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Feb 20th 2019, 6:32 PM
# winner
'We don’t want this to change our lives': Family syndicate from north Dublin overjoyed at Euromillions win
The €175.4 million Euromillions jackpot is the biggest winning prize in the history of the Irish National Lottery.
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Feb 20th 2019, 5:53 PM
# Westmeath
Lotto ticket worth €1 million sold in Labour TD's shop
Willie Penrose and his wife Anne own the shop in Co Westmeath.
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Sep 23rd 2018, 12:05 PM
# Ballybrit
'The staff are buzzing' - Galway is on the hunt for its latest millionaire
The winning ticket was sold in Ballybrit in the western county.
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Jul 7th 2018, 6:38 PM
# EuroMillions
Tipperary syndicate picks up €17 million lottery cheque
32 people are set to share the cash.
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Jun 15th 2018, 5:00 PM
# the humanity
An Irish person has just lost out on €1 million - after failing to claim their EuroMillions jackpot
The now expired ticket was bought in Cork city on 23 February.
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May 24th 2018, 10:10 PM
# check your wallet
Someone has one week left to claim €1 million
The winning EuroMillions ticket was sold in Cork in February.
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May 17th 2018, 10:59 PM
# lucky tickets
A very surprised Sydney man won the lottery twice in the space of a week
The odds of winning just once are one in almost two million.
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May 14th 2018, 9:08 AM
# quick pick
Mystery winner of Saturday's €5.6m Lotto jackpot comes forward
The winning ticket was sold at the Centra store in Crosshaven, Co Cork on Saturday.
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Mar 26th 2018, 5:13 PM
# Winnings
Questions raised about unclaimed money not reverting back to National Lottery prize fund
Expired unclaimed prizes can be used for the promotion of the National Lottery or the Lottery Games.
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Mar 19th 2018, 6:30 AM
# lotto winner
Someone has won tonight's €7.1 million Lotto jackpot
The winning ticket was sold online.
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Feb 21st 2018, 9:13 PM
# We have a winner
Winner of €4.4 million Lotto jackpot makes contact with National Lottery
The winning Quick Pick ticket was sold at Daly’s Topaz in Donegal on Saturday 13 January.
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Jan 30th 2018, 10:39 AM
# EuroMillions
'This is life-changing, but we won’t go crazy': Family syndicate collects €38.9m jackpot
“We will take a sun holiday in May or June, possibly the Bahamas or the Maldives.”
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Jan 8th 2018, 8:27 PM
# village shop
'We had absolutely no idea': Winning €38.9m EuroMillions ticket was sold in Malahide shop
The winner has made contact with the National Lottery.
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Jan 4th 2018, 12:34 PM
# Winner winner
Someone in Ireland has won tonight’s €38.9 million Euromillions jackpot
The winning numbers were 4, 8, 22, 23, 48 with the Lucky Stars numbers being 1 and 12.
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Dec 29th 2017, 9:19 PM
# Lotto
'Time is running out': A Euromillions Plus winner has until Thursday to claim €500k
‘Time is running out’: A Euromillions Plus winner has until Thursday to claim €500k
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Dec 26th 2017, 3:03 PM
# big win
Someone has just won €7.5 million on the lotto this evening
The winning ticket was sold in the south.
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Oct 25th 2017, 10:50 PM
# Mental Health
'Eircode lottery' determines if your child gets to see a psychologist, says TD
80% of those on a waiting list for a psychological appointment are between the five to 17 year age group.
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Oct 8th 2017, 6:30 AM

# Winner winner
Winning ticket for tonight's €2.4 million Lotto jackpot sold in Dublin
The jackpot prize is worth €2,387,835.
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Sep 13th 2017, 9:44 PM
# In THe money
The winning ticket for last night's €9.4 million jackpot was sold on Talbot Street in Dublin
There was one lucky winner of the jackpot.
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Aug 27th 2017, 12:10 PM
# like share and tag
11 things you'll understand if you're obsessed with entering competitions
If you’re not in, you can’t win.
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Jul 29th 2017, 6:00 PM
# We have a winner
Winner of €28.9m Euromillions ticket makes contact with National Lottery
It is not yet known where the ticket was sold.
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Jul 10th 2017, 2:54 PM
# winner winner chicken dinner
The search is on for Ireland's latest multi-millionaire
This is the 11th win in Ireland of the EuroMillions jackpot.
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Jul 9th 2017, 1:22 PM
# don't panic people
Someone in Ireland just won over €28 million in the Euromillions
The lucky prize winner scoops a jackpot worth €28,975,630.
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Jul 7th 2017, 9:46 PM
# i won i won i won
Did you do the lotto in Dublin? You may be waking up €4.5 million richer this morning
The winning ticket was sold in a post office in Dun Laoghaire.
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May 28th 2017, 7:54 AM