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The winner (or winners) of the €175m EuroMillions jackpot is being advised to sign the back of the ticket, sit back, take a deep breath and take their time before making any decisions.
Speaking to RTE chief executive of the National Lottery, Dermot Griffin, said that the location of the business the winning ticket was sold in will not be revealed for a few days.
The reason for this is to allow the winner “to go about their business” without media focus.
To put into context just how much money this person (or persons) has won, they've just earned more overnight than U2, Conor McGregor or Ed Sheeran did in the whole of 2018.
The National Lottery has confirmed it's been contacted by the winner.
A spokesperson said the tickets holder contacted Lotto HQ and will be guided through the prize claims process:
"We can confirm we have heard from the holder of the winning ticket but are not in a position to give any more details at the moment. We hope to be in a position to give details on where the winning ticket was sold later today."
And in case you were wondering, the golden numbers were: 1, 8, 18, 19 and 39. The lucky stars were 7 and 9.
This is the 14th Irish EuroMillions win since the game was launched in Ireland in 2004:
- July 2005: Dolores McNamara from Limerick, was Ireland’s first and biggest EuroMillions winner scooping over €115 million.
- July 2008: A lucky player from Co. Tipperary won a €15 million jackpot with a ticket bought in Carrick-on-Suir in Co. Tipperary.
- June 2009: A family syndicate shared the jackpot with a British winner, taking home over €29.4 million with a ticket they purchased in Dublin.
- June 2013: A winning ticket sold in Beaumount, Dublin, shared a EuroMillions jackpot worth over €187 million. A Dublin player earned half of the jackpot and picked up over €93 million.
- September 2013: A young man from the South East shared a jackpot of over €25 million with a player in Spain, taking home over €12.8 million.
- April 2014: A jackpot prize worth €15 million was claimed on a ticket sold in Castlebar, Co. Mayo.
- September 2014: An €86.7 million jackpot was won by a syndicate from Dublin. The ticket was sold in Centra, Ballybrack, Co. Dublin.
- January 2016: A syndicate of friends won over €66 million, splitting the jackpot of €132,376,632. The ticket was sold in Eason’s store, Fairgreen Shopping Centre, Carlow.
- July 2016: 22 colleagues from Dublin Bus won the €23.8 million. The ticket was sold in O’Hanlon’s Portarlington.
- January 2017: A Dublin work syndicate claimed the €88.5 million EuroMillions jackpot. The winning ticket was sold at the Applegreen Service Station on the M1 Northbound in Lusk, Co. Dublin.
- July 2017: A syndicate from the West of Ireland won a €29 million EuroMillions jackpot. The ticket was sold in Garryduff XL Store on Pound Road, Castlebar in Co. Mayo.
- December 2017: A small family syndicate from Dublin won €38.9 million on a ticket purchased in The Village Shop in Malahide Shopping Centre
- June 2018: 32 colleagues from Stakelums Hardware store in Thurles Co. Tipperary share a €17 million EuroMillions jackpot with a ticket they purchased at Eason’s Store in Thurles Shopping Centre in Co. Tipperary.
- February 2019: Single winner of EuroMillions. Location to be disclosed
