EARLY CHRISTMAS TREAT FOR WINNING LOTTO PAIR

TWO lucky Irish punters woke up to early Christmas presents yesterday having scooped €500,000 on the Euromillions plus draw.

The National Lottery appealed to players in Dublin and Limerick to check their tickets to see if they have landed the prizes.

The winning tickets were sold in the Tesco store on the Limerick Road in Newcastle West, Co Limerick, and in Donnybrook Fair, Malahide. The winning Euromillions Plus numbers were 4, 6, 22, 30 and 48. A National Lottery spokesperson said: “What a year it has been for our Euromillion Plus players. The wins bring to 31 the total number of €500,000 Euromillions Plus wins in 2017.” Meanwhile there is still an outstanding Euromillions Plus prize of €500,000 from Co Meath to be collected from the draw on September 26.