EuroMillions ticket holder in Ireland puts in claim for £50 million share of jackpot
A EUROMILLIONS ticket holder in Ireland has come forward to claim a £50 million share of a jackpot.
A EuroMillions ticket holder in Ireland claims to have won a share of the jackpot
The claimant has been in contact with the National Lottery to say they matched the winning numbers of 01, 05, 23, 29, 32 and lucky stars 01 and 07.
Last Friday’s draw had a main prize of a staggering £100,765,091, with the jackpot being won by two ticket holders.
The other winning ticket was claimed in France.
The Irish claimant has still to attend Lottery headquarters in person to officially claim the prize.
The main prize for the draw was over £100 million
One winning claim was made in France
They have 90 days from the date of the draw in which to do so.
They have been in contact with National Lottery HQ
A spokeswoman for the National Lottery in Dublin said: "They have been in contact with National Lottery HQ just to say 'we have got the winning ticket, we would like to come in and claim it'."
Six UK tickets matched five main numbers and one lucky star to each win £303,465.20.
The latest Euromillions scoop came after the mystery ticket holder for the unclaimed £33 million National Lottery jackpot came forward.
Lottery operators Camelot said they received a valid claim for the enormous jackpot, but the winner has decided to stay anonymous.
The claimant has 90 days to go to National Lottery HQ
The ticket holder subsequently dashed the claim of a local grandmother who claimed she had put her winning ticket through the wash.
Susanne Hinte, 48, told reporters she had washed her ticket by accident.
David and Carol Martin, from the Scottish Borders, had already come forward to claim the first half of the winnings earlier this month.