Friday the 13th may be unlucky for some - but certainly not for a Cork EuroMillions player who won a life-changing €500,000.
The lucky punter scooped the top prize in Friday’s EuroMillions Plus draw.
And now the National Lottery has confirmed the shop that sold the golden ticket - and it’s none other than Coleman’s Centra store in Millstreet, which is no stranger to big EuroMillions wins.
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The remarkably lucky shop also sold a €9.6 million EuroMillions ticket in 2006 and another €500,000 win on this exact day (May14) in 2010.
Now an appeal has been launched to find the winner, who bought the Normal Play ticket on the day of the draw.
The winning numbers for Friday’s, May 13 EuroMillions Plus draw were: 15, 20, 23, 29, 31.
Mary Coleman, who runs the family Centra store with her husband John, was overjoyed to hear about one of her customers winning the prize worth a half million euro.
“There will be massive celebrations in Millstreet today, that’s for sure,” she said.
“This is our third big EuroMillions win – we sold a €9.6 million EuroMillions ticket in 2006 and another €500,000 win on this very day (May 14) way back in 2010. It’s great to be known in the town for big wins like this so we’re going to enjoy the celebrations that a big win brings for our customers.
“It’s a popular store within the town for locals and we also get a lot of passing trade given our location. The store itself is 25 years old this year and we have a garage where we sell cars and tractors so the winner could literally be anybody. We’re thrilled for them, whoever they are and we wish them every bit of luck with their win,” she added.
In addition to Friday night’s EuroMillions Plus win, another player in Galway matched five numbers in the main EuroMillions draw to win a prize of €23,376.
The winning Normal Play ticket was sold at the popular No 10 store on Quay Street in Galway City on the day of the draw.
The winning numbers for Friday’s main EuroMillions draw were: 3, 11, 17, 45, 48 and Lucky Stars 4 and 8.
Both of last night’s big EuroMillions winners are advised to sign the back of their tickets and keep them safe.
The winners should contact the National Lottery prize claims team on 1800 666 222 or email claims@lottery.ie and arrangements will be made for them to claim their prize.
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