Athlone lotto player is €50k richer

An Athlone lottery player has won a whopping €50,000 in last night’s EuroMillions ‘Ireland Only Raffle’ draw.

The ticket was bought at Centra, Church Street, Athlone.

The local person, along with three in Dublin, and one player in Kildare, Donegal, Louth, Cork, Tipperary, and Wicklow all scooped the special raffle prize which was the eleventh of twelve draws in the National Lottery’s ’12 Draws of Christmas’ promotion.

The shops that sold the winning tickets in the National Lottery’s ‘12 Draws of Christmas’ were:

• XL, Applegreen service station, Cahir, Co. Tipperary

• Old Dalys, Lifford, Co. Donegal

• Dunnes Stores, Newtownmountkennedy, Co. Wicklow

• Eason & Son, Marshes Shopping Centre, Rampart Road, Dundalk, Co. Louth

• Tesco Ireland, Prussia Street, Dublin 7

• Tesco, Celbridge, Co. Kildare

• Spar, Cabra, Dublin 17

• Lidl, Pottery Road, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin

• Centra, 25 Church Street, Athlone, Co. Westmeath

• Lottery.ie / Online – Cork

There is only one draw left in this promotion. The twelfth draw will take place this Friday where ten more players are guaranteed to win the amazing €50,000 each.