Westmeath ticket holder scoops €500,000 EuroMillions Plus top prize

EuroMillions players in Westmeath are being urged to check their tickets carefully today after one lucky player scooped the €500,000 EuroMillions Plus top prize in last night's draw.

The lucky ticket holder bought their winning Quick Pick ticket on Monday of this week (March 29) at the Centra store at the Robinstown Texaco garage in Mullingar.

The EuroMillions Plus numbers for last night’s draw (Tuesday, March 30) were: 08, 16, 17, 20, 39.

The winning ticket holder is advised to sign the back of their ticket and to get in touch with the National Lottery claims team on 1800 666 222 or email: claims@lottery.ie and arrangements will be made for them to claim their prize.

The Centra store manager, Warrick McDonald, was delighted to hear the news that one of his customers was the luckiest EuroMillions player in Ireland last night.

"Our store is located at the centre of a close-knit community so it’s great to hear that it could be a local winner who has come into half a million euro since last night," he said.

"We have a lot of regular customers who visit our shop on a daily basis so we’re certain that there will be plenty of excitement today as the good news spreads.

"Hopefully the lucky winner has realised their good luck by now and can start to enjoy their win as soon as possible."