Lucky Irish Lotto player wins €2,000 per month for five years in special EuroDreams Halloween draw
by Ruairi Scott Byrne · Irish MirrorA lucky Irish Lotto player has received the ultimate Halloween treat after winning €2,000 per month for five years in Thursday night’s special EuroDreams draw.
The player scooped the Tier 2 prize in a special promotion held for the October 31 draw which guaranteed that one EuroDreams player in Ireland would win €2,000 per month for five years.
The winning EuroDreams numbers in the Thursday, October 31 draw were: 01, 06, 08, 09, 29, 30 and the Dream number was 4.
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All of the winners from tonight’s draw at every prize tier were placed into a special bonus draw and the National Lottery's certified Random Number Generator selected one ticket to win the additional €2,000 per month for five years, on top of the usual prize that the player had won.
The National Lottery has confirmed that the winning ticket was purchased in Tesco, Rathfarnham Shopping Centre, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14. Lotto bosses are now urging players in Dublin to carefully check their tickets from Thursday night's draw.
The winning ticket has been be placed on hold. When the winning ticket is scanned on the National Lottery App or in-store on a National Lottery terminal, a prompt requiring the holder of the winning ticket to make contact with the National Lottery will clearly be displayed.
The EuroDreams game, which was introduced last November, is an exciting new draw-based game that offers an annuity top prize of €20,000 every month for 30 years. Tickets for the new game cost €2.50 and can be purchased ahead of the cut-off of 7.30pm ahead of the draws each Monday and Thursday evenings.
The EuroDreams game, which is the first annuity type game of its kind, in Ireland is a joint venture with Ireland’s National Lottery and seven other European countries. Players will pick six main numbers from 1-40 and one bonus number (called "Dream" number) from 1-5 to make up their combination.
Unlike other lottery draw-based games, the annuity top prize, which is worth €7.2 million, will be paid in monthly tax-free payments of €20,000 spread over 30 years.
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