How lucky is Kilkenny when it comes to big National Lottery wins?

There have been 102 brand new National Lottery millionaires since 2020 with over 1,100 players sharing over €470 million alone in high tier prizes across all draw-based games, it has been revealed.

According to the National Lottery ‘high tier prizes report’ which captures all draw based game prize wins (Lotto, EuroMillions, Daily Million, Telly Bingo & Millionaire Raffle) in excess of €15,000 (€10,000 for online wins) from January 2020 until January 2023.

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In the last three years, ten separate millionaires were made in Co. Cork while Galway and Mayo have had six new millionaires each. Mayo’s biggest winners includes the record-breaking Lotto jackpot win of €19.06 million which was claimed by a Mayo family syndicate in January 2021. 

Online players continued to win big for the past three years also with 194 winners claiming over €95 million in high tier prizes. Included in these winners were 17 brand new millionaires, the biggest of which was a Dublin player who scooped a EuroMillions jackpot worth €49.5 million in July 2020.
 
Already in 2023, a total of four brand new millionaires have been made in the Lotto game alone with the biggest win of the year in Foynes, Co. Limerick which seen a Lotto jackpot prize worth €11.1 million claimed by a syndicate.

There was no winner of last Saturday’s (11th February) Lotto jackpot worth over €3.9 million which means that Wednesday’s jackpot is heading for a life-changing €4.5 million.

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National Lottery High Tier Winner Data (Draw Based Games): 2020 – 2023*

County     No. High tier winners     Total value of high tier prizes     No. Millionaires (2020-2023)
Carlow      13                                €3,342,040                             1
Cavan       16                                €3,317,016                             0
Clare         21                               €5,646,418                             1
Cork          98                               €36,230,885                           10
Donegal     28                               €6,624,163                             2
Dublin       275                              €68,682,085                           22
Galway      53                               €21,481,878                            6
Kerry         43                               €18,510,242                            5
Kildare       32                               €5,172,544                              1
Kilkenny    26                                €28,569,745                            3
Laois         18                                €3,585,716                              2
Leitrim        5                                €254,402                                 0
Limerick     30                               €17,060,870                             4
Longford     15                              €932,517                                  0
Louth          21                              €3,552,955                               2
Mayo           55                             €47,947,886                              6
Meath         47                              €21,449,435                              5
Monaghan     7                              €1,341,059                                1
Offaly          25                             €1,591,296                                0
Online         194                           €95,520,429                             17 
Roscommon 15                             €2,783,731                                 1
Sligo           10                             €2,950,005                                 2
Tipperary    23                             €32,405,169                                1
Waterford   27                             €5,525,768                                   3
Westmeath 25                             €10,963,901                                 3
Wexford     34                             €13,439,281                                 4
Wicklow      27                            €1,1887,591                                 0
 

* Statistics compiled from National Lottery prize claims data from draw based games from 1st January 2020 – 26th January 2023. High tier prizes are defined as prizes in excess of €15,000 (€10,000 for online wins). All prize claims data correct as of 26th January 2023.