Lotto reveals big money prizes and millionaires in Laois

Two people who played the Lotto in Laois became millionaires in the last three years while there were 18 other big winners according to the latest official figures from the National Lottery.

A total of €3,585,716 was won in Laois out of the €470 million won between 2020 and 2023 according to the National Lottery's ‘high tier prizes report’. It captures all draw-based game prize wins from the Lotto, EuroMillions, Daily Million, Telly Bingo and Millionaire Raffle in excess of €15,000 (€10,000 for online wins) from January 2020 until January 2023.

There were 18 high-tier winners in Laois two of whom became millionaires.

Since 2020, Dublin has topped the charts for National Lottery wins with over €68 million paid out to 275 players, 22 of which won prizes in excess of €1 million.

In the last three years, ten separate millionaires were made in Cork while Galway and Mayo have had six new millionaires each. Mayo’s biggest winners include the record-breaking Lotto jackpot win of €19.06 million which was claimed by a Mayo family syndicate in January 2021. 

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Online players continued to win big for the past three years also with 194 winners claiming over €95 million in high tier prizes. Included in these winners were 17 brand-new millionaires, the biggest of which was a Dublin player who scooped a EuroMillions jackpot worth €49.5 million in July 2020.