Always remember where you left your ticket
15:57, 12 Nov 2025
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A Waterford man woke up nearly half-a-million euro richer after the Halloween Lotto draw – but didn’t know about it until the next day, when he finally checked the ticket locked in his car.
Thankfully, the player found his lucky ticket in plenty of time to claim his €405,711 winnings on the EuroMillions October 31 draw. The ticket was purchased from Mulhearns Foodstore in Kilmacthomas, Co. Waterford. He explained: “I heard the news breaking the following day.
“But after leaving the ticket in my car over the weekend, I didn’t check it until Sunday evening. I had to scan the ticket three times to believe what I was seeing – ‘You’ve Won Big!’ I couldn’t stop smiling for hours. I was so delighted!” He added that he’s planning a big Christmas celebration to mark the win.
Elsewhere, an online player in Dublin woke up this Wednesday €37,722 richer, after matching five numbers in Tuesday night’s EuroMillions draw. The winning numbers in last night’s EuroMillions (11th November) draw were: 4, 22, 32, 36, 47 and the Lucky Stars were 2 and 10.
While there was no winner of the EuroMillions jackpot worth €108,416,075, over 42,000 players in Ireland won prizes in the EuroMillions and Plus games. Emma Monaghan, spokesperson for the National Lottery said: “What fantastic news for one of our EuroMillions players. Huge congratulations to our newest big winner. Today, we’re urging all online players to check their emails and accounts to see if they’re our latest winner.”
It follows a giant win here in Cork earlier this month, after a ticket worth €1 million was purchased at Tesco in the Market Green Shopping Centre in Midleton. And if you find out you’ve won big, don’t panic. The first thing you should do is sign the back of your Lotto ticket. Then, contact the National Lottery prize claims team on 1800 666 222 or email claims@lottery.ie to arrange the collection of your prize. It’s also advised that you hide your ticket somewhere safe, but also where you don’t forget where it is.
