REVEALED: The counties that have had the most National Lottery millionaires

There have been 102 brand new National Lottery millionaires since 2020 with over 1,100 players sharing over €470 million alone in high tier prizes across all draw-based games, it has been revealed.

According to the National Lottery ‘high tier prizes report’ which captures all draw based game prize wins (Lotto, EuroMillions, Daily Million, Telly Bingo & Millionaire Raffle) in excess of €15,000 (€10,000 for online wins) from January 2020 until January 2023.

In 2021, approximately 90% of all revenue generated from sales of National Lottery games was returned to communities in the shape of prizes (56%), funding Good Causes (29%) and commission to retailers (5%) all over Ireland.  

Since 2020, Dublin has unsurprisingly topped the charts for National Lottery wins with over €68 million paid out to 275 players, 22 of which won prizes in excess of €1 million.

In the last three years, ten separate millionaires were made in Co. Cork while Galway and Mayo have had six new millionaires each. Mayo’s biggest winners includes the record-breaking Lotto jackpot win of €19.06 million which was claimed by a Mayo family syndicate in January 2021. 

Online players continued to win big for the past three years also with 194 winners claiming over €95 million in high tier prizes. Included in these winners were 17 brand new millionaires, the biggest of which was a Dublin player who scooped a EuroMillions jackpot worth €49.5 million in July 2020.

Already in 2023, a total of four brand new millionaires have been made in the Lotto game alone with the biggest win of the year in Foynes, Co. Limerick which seen a Lotto jackpot prize worth €11.1 million claimed by a syndicate.

There was no winner of last Saturday’s (11th February) Lotto jackpot worth over €3.9 million which means that Wednesday’s jackpot is heading for a life-changing €4.5 million.

National Lottery High Tier Winner Data (Draw Based Games): 2020 – 2023*

County     No. High tier winners     Total value of high tier prizes     No. Millionaires (2020-2023)

Carlow      13                                €3,342,040                             1

Cavan       16                                €3,317,016                             0

Clare         21                               €5,646,418                             1

Cork          98                               €36,230,885                           10

Donegal     28                               €6,624,163                             2

Dublin       275                              €68,682,085                           22

Galway      53                               €21,481,878                            6

Kerry         43                               €18,510,242                            5

Kildare       32                               €5,172,544                              1

Kilkenny    26                                €28,569,745                            3

Laois         18                                €3,585,716                              2

Leitrim        5                                €254,402                                 0

Limerick     30                               €17,060,870                             4

Longford     15                              €932,517                                  0

Louth          21                              €3,552,955                               2

Mayo           55                             €47,947,886                              6

Meath         47                              €21,449,435                              5

Monaghan     7                              €1,341,059                                1

Offaly          25                             €1,591,296                                0

Online         194                           €95,520,429                             17 (App/www.lottery.ie) 

Roscommon 15                             €2,783,731                                 1

Sligo           10                             €2,950,005                                 2

Tipperary    23                             €32,405,169                                1

Waterford   27                             €5,525,768                                   3

Westmeath 25                             €10,963,901                                 3

Wexford     34                             €13,439,281                                 4

Wicklow      27                            €1,1887,591                                 0

* Statistics compiled from National Lottery prize claims data from draw based games from 1st January 2020 – 26th January 2023. High tier prizes are defined as prizes in excess of €15,000 (€10,000 for online wins). All prize claims data correct as of 26th January 2023.