A single ticket-holder from Eire has received the 250 million euro EuroMillions jackpot, the Irish Nationwide Lottery mentioned.
Eire’s lottery mentioned it was the “biggest ever EuroMillions jackpot,” and its chief government mentioned it could reveal the successful location quickly.
Tuesday’s successful numbers – which had rolled over a number of occasions – had been 13, 22, 23, 44 and 49, with fortunate stars 3 and 5.
The EuroMillions jackpot is capped as soon as it reaches 250 million euros – or £208 million.
In accordance with the EuroMillions web site, Tuesday’s jackpot was £213.65 million. It added there have been a complete of three,959,140 winners.
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The Irish Nationwide Lottery mentioned the jackpot winner was of their nation. In whole, greater than 92,000 gamers in Eire received prizes within the EuroMillions and Plus video games.
Irish Nationwide Lottery chief government Cian Murphy mentioned: “We’re completely thrilled to see this unbelievable and document win for an Irish EuroMillions participant.
“We are advising our players to check their tickets and, if they are the winner, sign the back of the ticket, keep it safe, and contact National Lottery HQ and we will guide you through the claims process.”
Mr Murphy added that “with such a big win we have procedures to follow, but we will reveal the winning location as soon as we can”.
“While this is a massive win,” he mentioned, “it can come as a shock to a winner and we advise them to stay calm, get independent legal and financial advice and contact us as soon as they can.”
Two British gamers, in the meantime, took dwelling prizes of £6,287,001.20 for having the 5 successful numbers and one of many fortunate stars.
