Lucky shop that sold €175 million Euromillions ticket REVEALED - Irish Mirror

The lucky shop that sold the €175 Euromillions ticket revealed as Reilly's Daybreak in The Naul, Co Dublin.

Les Reilly Owns the Daybreak store in Main Street in The Naul.

He told the Irish Mirror: "I'm over the moon and can't believe it.

"Lotto have just confirmed it to us that we sold the winning ticket.

"We never sold a big one before.

"A few 25,000 but now we've done it in real style.

"We must have been waiting for the big one.

"I'm don't anything about the ticket.

"If it's who I think it is, I'd be over the moon for them.

"People were coming into the shop today to congratulate him and shake his hand."

A National Lottery spokesperson today confirmed the name of the winning store. "This is fantastic news not only for the winner but for the lucky shop that sold the ticket.

"And we are delighted for Naul which is a small community. "

The spokesperson also confirmed that the lucky ticketholder has made contact with Lotto HQ and arrangements are being made to guide them through the prize claims process.

Store owner Les Reilly and Ann Morgan (Image: Pat Flanagan)

Les Reilly Owns the Daybreak store in Main Street in The Naul (Image: Pat Flanagan)

The lucky €175million EuroMillions jackpot winner is from Duleek, Co Meath, it is undersood.

A source said: "The Lucky winner is understood to be from Meath. It is believed to be a family syndicate."

Local councillor Sharon Keogan also posted on Facebook saying: "Get Duleek cleaned up quick, the world media is on its way. What a fabulous amount of money to win for this extended family."

The National Lottery has confirmed that it has been contacted by the winner of last night's mega €175 million EuroMillions jackpot.

A spokesperson said the ticket holder contacted Lotto HQ and will be guided through the prize claims process.

"We can confirm we have heard from the holder of the winning ticket but are not in a position to give any more details at the moment.

"We hope to be in a position to give details on where the winning ticket was sold later today."

The winning ticket was bought in store and not online.

This morning, the lucky punter was said to be very calm when they called into the office.

The National Lottery is now guiding the winner through the process.

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The record-breaking win eclipses the €115 million won by Limerick woman Dolores McNamara in July 2005.

It is the 14th Irish EuroMillions win since the game was launched in Ireland in 2004.

National Lottery CEO, Dermot Griffin, said:"We are delighted the winner has made contact. This is an incredible win for an Irish EuroMillions player! And a record win for the National Lotttery we are thrilled.

"This has been an incredibly lucky period for players on the island of Ireland.

In January a Northern Ireland couple won an amaxing €127 million in the EuroMillions jackpot. The luck of the Irish is definitely in the air."

The EuroMillions has been rolling for several weeks.

The maximum EuroMillions jackpot of €190 million has only been paid out three times ever in the history of EuroMillons. EuroMillions is played in nine countries.

This is the 14th Irish EuroMillions win since the game was launched in Ireland in 2004.

The winning numbers were 01,08,18,19 and 39 and the lucky stars were 07 and 09.

Irish players have had a lot of success in the EuroMillions in recent years with numerous multi-million euro wins.

Just over two years ago a Dublin work syndicate claimed a €88.5 million EuroMillions jackpot after purchasing the winning docket in Lusk, Co. Dublin.

In July 2017, a syndicate from the West of Ireland from Castlebar, Co Mayo won a €29 million EuroMillions jackpot.

And just five months later in December of that year a small Dublin family syndicate won €38.9 million on a ticket bought in Malahide.

The last big Euromillions win was shared by 32 colleagues from Stakelums Hardware store in Thurles Co. Tipperary who divided a €17 million EuroMillions jackpot.

There were no Irish winners of the EuroMillions Plus top prize of €500,000. The winning numbers were 10,13,29,41 and 50.

Here is the roll call of the lucky thirteen Irish EuroMillions jackpot winners to date:

July 2005: Dolores McNamara from Limerick, was Ireland's first and biggest EuroMillions winner scooping over €115 million.
July 2008: A lucky player from Co. Tipperary won a €15 million jackpot with a ticket bought in Carrick-on-Suir in Co. Tipperary.
June 2009: A family syndicate shared the jackpot with a British winner, taking home over €29.4 million with a ticket they purchased in Dublin.
June 2013: A winning ticket sold in Beaumount, Dublin, shared a EuroMillions jackpot worth over €187 million. A Dublin player earned half of the jackpot and picked up over €93 million.
September 2013: A young man from the South East shared a jackpot of over €25 million with a player in Spain, taking home over €12.8 million.
April 2014: A jackpot prize worth €15 million was claimed on a ticket sold in Castlebar, Co. Mayo.
September 2014: An €86.7 million jackpot was won by a syndicate from Dublin. The ticket was sold in Centra, Ballybrack, Co. Dublin.
January 2016: A syndicate of friends won over €66 million, splitting the jackpot of €132,376,632. The ticket was sold in Eason's store, Fairgreen Shopping Centre, Carlow.
July 2016: 22 colleagues from Dublin Bus won the €23.8 million. The ticket was sold in O'Hanlon's Portarlington.
January 2017: A Dublin work syndicate claimed the €88.5 million EuroMillions jackpot. The winning ticket was sold at the Applegreen Service Station on the M1 Northbound in Lusk, Co. Dublin.
July 2017: A syndicate from the West of Ireland won a €29 million EuroMillions jackpot. The ticket was sold in Garryduff XL Store on Pound Road, Castlebar in Co. Mayo.
December 2017: A small family syndicate from Dublin won €38.9 million on a ticket purchased in The Village Shop in Malahide Shopping Centre
In June 2018: 32 colleagues from Stakelums Hardware store in Thurles Co. Tipperary share a €17 million EuroMillions jackpot with a ticket they purchased at Eason's Store in Thurles Shopping Centre in Co. Tipperary.
February 2019: Single winner of EuroMillions. Location to be disclosed