Celebrations at Tuthills as jackpot ticket sale is confirmed

A lotto ticket purchased at Tuthills in the Golden Island Shopping Centre in Athlone has proved life-changing for one lucky customer.

The holder of the lucky Athlone ticket, worth a staggering €6.37m, has made contact with National Lottery, and arrangements are being made to claim the prize.

It was one of two tickets to share Saturday's Lotto jackpot of €12.74m, with the other winning ticket being purchased in Donegal.

Joe Callinan, Manager of Tuthills in the Golden Island Shopping Centre admitted that the news came as a huge surprise.

“It was some shock getting the call from the National Lottery - I definitely wasn’t expecting that!,” he said.

“We had a few customers in this (Monday) morning talking about a Westmeath winner of the Lotto but little did we know that we sold the winning ticket. Back in November, we sold a €500,000 ticket in the EuroMillions Plus draw so it’s great to have another big winner so soon after – especially a jackpot win at that!

“There I was thinking it would be a quiet day today – it’ll be a day of celebrating instead. The team here will all be thrilled when they hear that we sold a winning ticket. I hope the winner is delighted and enjoys their huge win,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Donegal player won their €6,373,878 amount after purchasing their ticket at McCarrons Village Shop at Quigley's Point.

The Donegal winner has also made contact with National Lottery which said arrangements were being made for the winners to claim the prizes.

Saturday night’s Lotto jackpot win marked the fifth Lotto jackpot won so far this year.

The winning numbers for Saturday’s (17th June) draw were: 2, 3, 21, 43, 44, 46 and the bonus was 7