Half a million win for Clare lottery player

ANYONE who picked up a EuroMillions ticket at Paper Chase in Ennis is being urged to check their numbers as they could be half a million euro richer.

The National Lottery has confirmed the winning location for Tuesday night’s €500,000 EuroMillions Plus top prize win.

The winning Quick Pick ticket was sold on December 29 at Paper Chase in Ennis town centre. The all-important winning numbers are: 01, 02, 06, 09 and 19.

Paper Chase newsagents first opened its doors in Ennis in 1992 and owner, Sharon Casey started her career as a shop assistant when the store first opened before becoming manager and finally taking over the business in 2008. Celebrating her first big National Lottery win as the store’s owner, Sharon has now called on her customers to check their tickets to see if they have won this life-changing priz.

“It’s absolutely incredible, we still cannot believe it! I got the call from the National Lottery late last night and it still feels like a dream,” she said. “Knowing that one of our customers is a half a million euro richer is just fantastic. We are absolutely over the moon for the winner and we hope that they enjoy this incredible win.”

The winning ticket holder is advised to sign the back of their ticket and to get in touch with the National Lottery claims team on 1800-666222 or email claims@lottery.ie and arrangements will be made for them to claim their prize.

This is the 28th time this year that the EuroMillions Plus top prize of €500,000 has been won in Ireland.