One of Ireland’s luckiest shops strikes again as €5m Lotto winner urged to check ticket

A lucky local shop has been revealed as the store that sold the jackpot-winning ticket worth over €5 million in Saturday’s Lotto draw.

Carey’s of Belmullet, Co Mayo have struck again with their seventh big win in their 42-year history, bringing in a total over a whopping €22 million for the small village. 

No strangers to winning ways, the family-run store has celebrated many high-profile wins over the years, including a cool €13.8 million in 2016 and a Daily Million top prize of €1 million in 2017.

The National Lottery is urging all Lotto players who purchased a Quick Pick ticket for Saturday night’s Lotto draw in Carey’s, Main Street, Belmullet, Co. Mayo, on December 28 to check their tickets very carefully as they now have a ticket worth €5,419,866.

The winning numbers in last night’s (Saturday, December 28) main Lotto draw were: 2, 4, 5, 10, 16, 17 and the bonus was 23.

Shop owner, Lorraine O’Connor Carey, was thrilled, although not entirely shocked, to get the call from the National Lottery to confirm the win: “Our shop has been a cornerstone in Belmullet for over 40 years, and it’s safe to say, we’ve had our fair share of National Lottery wins and are well-known for our successes. We were due a big win, so I wasn’t entirely shocked when I got the call.” 

Lorraine added: “We have many regular local customers, so it’s exciting to think that one of them might have had a life-changing win! We hope they’re already enjoying their amazing news, and what an incredible way to kickstart the new year.”

Across the National Lottery’s history, Carey’s has celebrated the following amazing wins:  

• 1991 Lotto Jackpot of €710,422 
• 2012 Lotto + 1 top prize of €350,000  
• 2015 EuroMillions Plus top prize of €500,000 
• 2016 Lotto Jackpot of €13.8 million 
• 2017 Daily Million top prize of €1 million  
• 2017 Lotto (match 5 + bonus) of €370,312

The Mayo player becomes the 11th Lotto Jackpot winner of 2024, joining the ranks of ten other big winners from across the country, including Dublin (5), Limerick (2), Louth, Wexford, and most recently, Galway.

However, this isn’t Mayo’s only recent high-tier prize winner, as earlier this month, a Mayo player claimed the top prize of the EuroMillions Plus of €500,000.