EuroMillions Plus winning ticket sold in Athlone

Tesco at the Golden Island Shopping Centre in Athlone is celebrating today after selling a EuroMillions Plus ticket worth half a million euro.

Katrina Scully, manager at Tesco, said they were absolutely delighted with the news and - to her knowledge - this is the first big win the store has had in either the EuroMillions or the National Lottery.

The winner of the EuroMillions Plus draw held Tuesday, March 26 bought a quick pick ticket on the same day and matched five numbers to become the sole winner of the €500,000 jackpot.

No one has yet come forward to claim the winning ticket and staff were at a loss to even hazard a guess as to who the lucky winner may be.

Ms Scully explained that Tuesday was a particularly busy day for lotto purchases due to the Easter Bank Holiday weekend and the EuroMillions lotto jackpot being so high at €113,430,166.

“On a normal Tuesday you might have some chance at making a guess but not yesterday,” she said. 

The staff in Tesco, Golden Island are making the most of the good news and celebrating as they wait for the lucky winner to come forward.