{"id":563686,"date":"2026-07-23T04:10:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T04:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/563686\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T04:10:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T04:10:29","slug":"family-run-store-named-as-location-that-sold-e1-million-lotto-ticket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/563686\/","title":{"rendered":"Family-run store named as location that sold \u20ac1 million Lotto ticket"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Lotto is continuing to appeal to players to check their tickets as the winner is yet to come forward<\/p>\n

Staff at Deo\u2019s Shop and Portmagee Post Office were pictured celebrating after it was announced that their store sold the winning \u20ac1 million ticket in Saturday\u2019s Lotto Plus One draw. <\/p>\n

A family-run store located in a small Kerry village has been named as the selling location of Saturday\u2019s winning \u20ac1 million Lotto ticket – the same store that another winning ticket was sold in just a few years ago.<\/p>\n

The winning Quick Pick ticket was sold on Thursday, July 16 at DEO\u2019s Shop and Portmagee Post Office in Portmagee, Co Kerry<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mark Conway, who has owned the store with his wife Emir since 2003, was delighted to hear about the good news from the weekend.<\/p>\n

He said: “Myself and my wife took over the store, which was previously owned by her family, almost twenty-three years ago and this marks our biggest win yet.<\/p>\n

“We previously sold a ticket which was worth over \u20ac156,000 back in 2022, so we were absolutely thrilled to get another call from the National Lottery to tell us that we have now sold an even bigger prize.<\/p>\n

“Summer is our busiest time of the year with all of the tourists visiting Skellig Michael so we\u2019re hoping the winner, whether they are local or passing through visiting, checks their ticket and realises what they have won very soon!”<\/p>\n

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Staff at Deo\u2019s Shop and Portmagee Post Office celebrating on Tuesday <\/p>\n

The National Lottery<\/a> is continuing to appeal to players to check their tickets as the winner is yet to come forward.<\/p>\n

National Lottery spokesperson Sarah Orr said: “There\u2019s a brand-new millionaire out there, and they may not even know it yet.<\/p>\n

“We are urging any of our players who visited the beautiful Portmagee area last week and stopped by DEO\u2019s Shop and Post Office to check their Lotto tickets carefully.<\/p>\n

“Not only have they won an incredible \u20ac1 million, but they have also become the 17th National Lottery millionaire of 2026. We can\u2019t wait to welcome them to Lottery HQ to collect their prize. The winner should contact our Prize Claims team on 1800 666 222 or email claims@lottery.ie to begin their millionaire journey.”<\/p>\n

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