Lotto presenters Nuala Carey and Kamal Ibrahim with Jim O’Connor and Mary-Grace of the National Lottery in Charleville as the local Dunnes Stores was announced as the selling location of the 1,000th €1 million National Lottery prize. Photo: Keith Wiseman/Mac Innes Photography

Milestone moment

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A supermarket in Cork has sold a lotto ticket to remember.

The National Lottery this week announced a remarkable milestone in its history, the creation of 1,000 Lottery millionaires!

Dunnes Stores in Charleville was revealed as the store that sold the winning ticket, which hit the incredible milestone.

Since its inception over 36 years ago, winners from all over the country have travelled to Lottery Headquarters to collect utterly life-changing prizes. The largest cheque to ever be seen in the famous Winners’ Room was worth over a staggering €175 million after Reillys Daybreak on the Main Street in the Naul, Co. Dublin sold the largest EuroMillions prize ever to be seen in Ireland in February 2019.

Over 10 years earlier, another National Lottery winner made history after claiming over €115 million in July 2005. The incredible amount was won in the EuroMillions and at the time held the record for the highest amount ever won in any European lottery. Another historic entry into the roll call of all-time highest ever prizes claimed came in July 2020 when a EuroMillions player in Dublin won over €49.5 million. The win marked the largest prize ever to be won via the National Lottery online channels.

Niamh Aine Ryan
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