{"id":664153,"date":"2026-10-24T15:44:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T15:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/664153\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T15:44:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T15:44:15","slug":"major-bank-holiday-euromillions-scoop-for-limerick-lotto-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/664153\/","title":{"rendered":"Major bank holiday EuroMillions scoop for Limerick lotto player"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.live95fm.ie\/news\/live95-news\/\" class=\"c-btn c-btn--small c-btn--secondary-fill\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        All Live95 News<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/67c44102161c8.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                                    via Getty Images <\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            A EuroMillions player in Limerick has kicked off the Bank Holiday weekend half a million euro richer after scooping the top prize in Friday night\u2019s EuroMillions Plus draw.\n        <\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1\">The winning Quick Pick ticket was purchased on the day of the draw at Sean\u2019s Shop on New Road in Johnsgate Village.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">The winning numbers drawn on Friday, 23rd October, were 1, 11, 14, 40, and 45.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">National Lottery spokesperson Emma Monaghan said: &#8220;There could be a very exciting Bank Holiday weekend ahead for one EuroMillions player in Limerick who is now holding a \u20ac500,000 winning ticket. We are urging everyone who purchased a ticket at Sean\u2019s Shop in Johnsgate on Friday to check their tickets very carefully.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\">She added that while over 47,000 players across the country won prizes on Friday night, the Johnsgate ticket-holder was Ireland&#8217;s biggest winner.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8\">National Lottery officials advise the lucky ticket holder to sign the back of the ticket immediately and keep it in a safe place. The winner should contact the Prize Claims team on 1800 666 222 or email claims@lottery.ie to arrange their collection at Lottery Headquarters in Dublin.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9\">There was no winner of the main \u20ac70 million jackpot on Friday night, which means Tuesday\u2019s top prize will roll towards an estimated \u20ac80 million.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"10\">According to the National Lottery, nearly 30 cent in every euro spent on tickets goes directly to Good Causes nationwide, funding projects across sport, youth, health, heritage, and the arts.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"11\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/onic-player\/id6747436925?ppid=49bb71e2-4823-448e-b0e8-311158962de3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792856655_969_68da98f76f434.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All Live95 News via Getty Images A EuroMillions player in Limerick has kicked off the Bank Holiday weekend&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":664154,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60,608,611,607,610,609,612],"class_list":["post-664153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-limerick-radio","tag-limerick-today","tag-limericks-live95fm","tag-live-95","tag-live95fm","tag-live95fm-homepage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664153","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=664153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}