Lotto bosses reveal shop where €17m EuroMillions ticket was sold
by James CoxNational Lottery bosses have revealed the County Mayo shop where the €17 million EuroMillions jackpot ticket was sold.
An Irish punter scooped the huge prize after purchasing their ticket at Mulroy's Londis in Castlebar.
It's the town's third EuroMillions winner after previous windfalls in 2014 and 2017.
Staff and customers are set to celebrate the victory at the store on Friday, the shop will get €25,000 itself for the big win.
A spokesman said: "Incredibly, this is the third EuroMillions jackpot win in Castlebar. With a population of 12,000 people, surely Castlebar is Europe’s luckiest town!
"The store, which will be formally announced at 12.00pm today, sold the ticket for the 15 EuroMillions jackpot winner in Ireland since the game began in 2004.
"The first Castlebar EuroMillions jackpot was won in April 2014 when a prize worth €15 million was claimed on a ticket sold in Castlebar, Co. Mayo .
"Three years later Mayo got its second winner, again in Castlebar, when a syndicate from the west of Ireland won €29 million in July 2017 . This ticket was sold at Garryduff XL Store, of Pound Road, Castlebar."
The winning numbers were 24, 26, 32, 43, 46 and the Lucky Star numbers were 6 and 10.
Speaking on selling the winning jackpot ticket worth €17,000,000, a delighted Alan Mulroy, owner of Mulroy’s Londis said: “I’m speechless. It was quite a shock to hear the news that we had sold this winning EuroMillions ticket. The word came through from the National Lottery yesterday evening and we’re all delighted at Mulroy’s Londis. I had to keep the news from the staff until this morning, but we are having a great day of celebrations down here. I can’t thank our staff enough for all their work over the years. We’ve been running the store in the Castlebar community for the past 27 years and I’m just thrilled for our customers who have supported us over this time. The majority of our customers are locals so l really do hope it is someone in the Castlebar community. Whoever it is, I wish them the very best of luck!”