{"id":225399,"date":"2026-01-03T15:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T15:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/225399\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T15:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T15:19:10","slug":"urgent-appeal-issued-as-lotto-winner-has-just-days-left-to-claim-life-changing-e500k-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/225399\/","title":{"rendered":"Urgent appeal issued as Lotto winner has just days left to claim life-changing \u20ac500K prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ticketholders have 90 days from the date of the draw to claim their prize before it becomes null and void<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3_national-lottery-lotto-prize-sign-stock-genericjpeg.jpg\" alt=\"National Lottery sign\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>With just one week to go, the National Lottery is reminding Daily Million Plus players in that a \u20ac500,000 prize from the Daily Million 2pm draw on Sunday, October 12, is still waiting to be claimed(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The National Lottery has issued an urgent appeal to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/all-about\/daily-million\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Daily MillionsLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Daily Millions<\/a> players, as time is running out for one lucky winner to claim a huge prize.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Lotto bosses have again reminded players to check their tickets as <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/news\/irish-news\/winning-lotto-ticket-traced-irish-36060643\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"a Daily Million Plus Link opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">a Daily Million Plus <\/a>top prize worth \u20ac500,000 from Sunday, October 12 draw remains unclaimed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">It has been revealed that the winning ticket was bought on Friday, October 10 from Ardara Filling Station on Portnoo Road, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/all-about\/donegal\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Co Donegal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The winning Daily Million Plus numbers on Sunday, October 12, were 9, 16, 24, 29, 32, 38, and the Bonus number was 5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/all-about\/lotto\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"National LotteryLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">National Lottery<\/a> winners have 90 days from the date of the draw to claim their winnings, which means that the lucky Donegal player has just one week &#8211; until close of business on Saturday, January 10 &#8211; to secure their prize.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">National Lottery spokesperson Darragh O\u2019Dwyer is urging all Daily Million Plus players in Donegal to carefully check their old tickets from early October to ensure they do not miss out on claiming this substantial prize.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cWe are hoping to hear from a Daily Million Plus player in Ardara who won \u20ac500,000 in the 2pm draw on Sunday, 12th October,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Their winning ticket was purchased at Ardara Filling Station, Portnoo Road, Ardara, Co. Donegal. Players have 90 days from the date of the draw to claim their prize, so the final deadline is Saturday, 10th January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;We\u2019re encouraging everyone in the area to check their tickets from early October carefully as you could be holding an amazing prize!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">If you find you are the lucky ticket-holder, you are advised to sign the back of it and keep it somewhere safe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">You should then contact the National Lottery prize claims team on 1800 666 222 or email <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/news\/irish-news\/mailto:claims@lottery.ie\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"claims@lottery.ieLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">claims@lottery.ie<\/a> to arrange for collection of the winnings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest news from the Irish Mirror direct to your inbox: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=39e53cb8-b266-4e33-8d00-e9f7a38f420c&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Sign up here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ticketholders have 90 days from the date of the draw to claim their prize before it becomes null&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225400,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,93315,1485,61,60,15423,32602],"class_list":["post-225399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-daily-million","tag-donegal","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-lotto","tag-the-national-lottery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}