€1m lottery jackpot winning ticket sold in Tallaght

As the country anticipates Budget 2025, two National Lottery players are celebrating a major windfall of their own.

The National Lottery has  revealed that the two winning locations of Saturday’s shared €2 million Lotto jackpot are Spar, The Square Shopping Centre, Tallaght and the Maxol at Newline Road, Co. Wexford.

Both winners, now €1 million richer, have made contact with the National Lottery, and arrangements are being made for them to collect their life-changing prizes.

Farhan Vhatti, Manager of Spar, The Square Shopping Centre, Tallaght, was thrilled to discover his store had sold its first major Lottery-winning ticket: “I’ve been here for 10 years, and this is the first time we’ve sold a winning Lottery ticket! I’m absolutely delighted.

“€1 million is such a life-changing amount. I’m so happy for one of our loyal customers, and I hope they truly enjoy the win.

“Now that we’ve had this big win, I hope more people will come here for their Lottery tickets —our store is now officially a Lotto Jackpot winning location!”

The Dublin and Wexford players are now the 8th and 9th Lotto jackpot winners of 2024.

Nearly 30 cent in every €1 spent on National Lottery games goes back to Good Causes in the areas of sport, youth, health, welfare, education, arts, heritage and the Irish Language. I

n total, more than €6 billion has been raised for Good Causes since the National Lottery was established 36 years ago.

In 2022 alone, €259.5 million was raised for local Good Causes in communities across Ireland.