Lotto jackpot winner is in seventh heaven!

THERE will be celebrations in the Rebel County after the Lotto jackpot of nearly €7million was won in Cork.

The National Lottery has confirmed that Saturday night’s jackpot, worth a massive €6,993,904, was won.

It was a bumper night for prize winners throughout the country in Saturday night’s Lotto draw which seen over 114,000 prize winners which also included one Dublin winner of the Lotto Plus 2 top prize of €250,000.

The €6.9million jackpot came close to being shared by another two winners in Co. Louth and Co. Meath who share the Lotto Match 5 + Bonus prize of €67,446.

This latest Lotto win is the sixth jackpot win this year, with over €30million won in jackpot prizes alone.

In 2020, over €67million has been won in prizes in the Lotto game, which includes 11 new millionaires who have been created in the Lotto and Lotto Plus games.

A National Lottery spokesperson said that they are hoping to reveal the name and the location of the winning store which sold the €6.9million Lotto jackpot in the next few days.

‘With a jackpot win of this amount, it is important that we take some time to inform the winning retailer and, of course, to give the winning ticketholder the time and space they need to let this amazing win sink in so we will be announcing the winning store in the coming days.

‘If you are one of the lucky winners of any of last night’s big prizes, please sign the back of the ticket and contact our prize claims team.’

The winning numbers for Saturday night’s €6,993,904 Lotto jackpot are: 05, 08, 19, 40, 41, 44 and bonus number is 17.

Among the other big winners in last night’s bumper Lotto draw was a Dublin winner of the Lotto Plus 2 top prize of €250,000.

The winning Quick Pick ticket was purchased at Tesco Extra in the Millfield Shopping Centre in Balbriggan in North County Dublin.

The winning numbers in Saturday’s Lotto Plus 2 game were: 11, 15, 18, 30, 32, 37 and the bonus was 22. Two further players from Co. Louth and Co. Meath will also be celebrating this morning after they both shared the Lotto Match 5 + Bonus prize of €67,446.

The winning Quick Pick tickets, which are now worth €33,732 each, were sold at Lynch’s Foodstore in Tullyallen, Drogheda, Co. Louth and the Eurospar store in Dunboyne, Co. Meath.