{"id":458258,"date":"2026-05-20T11:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T11:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/458258\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T11:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T11:18:08","slug":"punter-wins-irelands-first-ever-e1m-scratch-card-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/458258\/","title":{"rendered":"Punter wins Ireland\u2019s first-ever \u20ac1m scratch card prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is the first time in the history of the National Lottery that someone has won a seven-figure sum on a scratch card.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The prize was won in the All Cash Millionaire game, which introduced the highest-ever top prize for an Irish scratch card.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The winning scratchcard was confirmed to have been sold at Applegreen Gorey, on Ramstown Lower in Gorey, Co Wexford.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The store manager at the shop said her team are delighted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;To sell the very first \u20ac1m scratch card prize ever won in Ireland is an incredible milestone, and we\u2019re absolutely thrilled it happened right here in Gorey,&#8221; said Rita Kareckiene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;There\u2019s a real sense of excitement among the team knowing that one of our customers has become a millionaire in such an historic way. It\u2019s a moment we\u2019ll never forget in-store, and we\u2019re delighted to have played a part in such a special win.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;We wish the winner every happiness as they enjoy their \u20ac1m prize.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">National Lottery spokesperson Darragh O&#8217;Dwyer said: &#8220;This is a huge milestone for the National Lottery as we reveal that the top prize on the All Cash Millionaire scratch card, which is a first of its kind in Ireland, has now been won.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;A player in Co Wexford has scratched their way to \u20ac1m, becoming the first person in Ireland ever to win a \u20ac1m prize on a scratch card.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is the first time in the history of the National Lottery that someone has won a seven-figure&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458259,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1111,61,60,43,1112],"class_list":["post-458258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-court-and-crime","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news","tag-politics-and-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458258","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=458258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}