{"id":435204,"date":"2026-05-06T13:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T13:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/435204\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T13:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T13:56:08","slug":"is-it-you-winning-e8-7m-lotto-ticket-sold-in-applegreen-station-in-west-dublin-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/435204\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it you? Winning \u20ac8.7m Lotto ticket sold in Applegreen station in west Dublin \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Punters have been asked to check their lottery tickets as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/national-lottery\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/national-lottery\/\">national lottery<\/a> is searching for the owner of the \u20ac8.73 million winning ticket from Saturday\u2019s lottery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The ticket was sold at Applegreen Ballymount on Ballymount Avenue in the M50 Business Park, in Dublin 12. It is the second Lotto jackpot winner of the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The winner has yet to come forward to claim the prize.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cImagine having a Lotto ticket worth a staggering \u20ac8,726,418 and not realising just how much it\u2019s worth,&#8221; said Sarah Orr of the National Lottery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cRight now, that\u2019s the reality for one person,\u201d Orr said, urging those who purchased tickets on May 2nd in the store to check whether they are the winner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Applegreen Ballymount site director Tom Hevey said the team at the store were delighted to hear the news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The staff were, he said, \u201cabsolutely thrilled to hear that one of our customers spent the Bank Holiday weekend becoming a Lotto jackpot millionaire\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The winning numbers for the draw on Saturday May 2nd were: 01, 07, 27, 28, 34 and 42, and the bonus was 26.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Separately, a player in Westmeath who purchased a \u201cquick pick\u201d ticket at The Grove Service Station in Baylough, Athlone matched five numbers and the bonus to win an \u20ac146,878. The midlands player purchased their winning ticket on Thursday April 30th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">In February, a player in Mayo scooped the \u20ac11,101,286 jackpot, which was the result of a number of rollovers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The winner has been advised to contact the lottery\u2019s prize claims team on 1800 666 222 or email <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/ireland\/2026\/05\/06\/is-it-you-winning-87m-lotto-ticket-sold-in-applegreen-station-in-west-dublin\/mailto:claims@lottery.ie\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">claims@lottery.ie<\/a> to cash in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The lottery says that nearly 30 per cent of the money spent on the national lottery goes to \u201cgood causes\u201d across sport, youth, health, welfare, education, arts,\u202fheritage\u202fand the Irish Language.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Since the lottery was established 39 years ago, a total of \u20ac6.5 billion has been raised for such causes, according to figures from the lottery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Punters have been asked to check their lottery tickets as the national lottery is searching for the owner&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435205,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,615,61,60,9077],"class_list":["post-435204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-dublin","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-national-lottery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435204","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=435204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}