Local gambler wins €34k after beating odds of 33,000/1

The lucky betting slip

A local gambler has beaten odds of 33,000/1 to pocket €34,502.

The punter, who is from Co Louth but who has asked to remain anonymous, put a €6 bet on Tuesday night’s EuroMillions draw.

His huge takings came in when two sets of numbers clicked.

First he placed €1 on the numbers 8-12-49, which were drawn in the EuroMillions Plus draw and defied odds of 1500/1 to win €1,501.

His luck continued when a €1 stake on the numbers 8-12-41-49 came out in the draw to defy huge odds of 33,000/1 and net the punter €33,001.

As a result, the punter who invested €6 in total netted a whopping €34,502 from their winning two lines.

Liam Glynn from BoyleSports said: “May has started with punters taking a belt to BoyleSports in what has been the worst month of the year so far but it’s certainly true to say that small stakes can return big dividends.”

Winning Euromillions Plus ticket is cashed in after being sold in Ardee

Someone in the area is €500,000 richer after collecting a cheque from National Lottery headquarters yesterday after winning Tuesday night’s Euromillions Plus draw.

The woman from Co Louth has not been named but it is believed she is from the Mid-Louth area as her €6 Quick Pick ticket was bought in O’Gorman’s Centra on Castle Street in Ardee on the day of the draw.

There was another winner of the Euromillions Plus draw on Tuesday. It was sold in Maynooth, Co Kildare although the winner has yet to come forward.

Euromillions Plus winning ticket sold in the North East

Someone in this area could be waking up a whole lot richer this morning after there were two winners of the Euromillions Plus draw last night, with one of them in the North East.

The other winning ticket for the €500,000 prize was sold in Dublin.

The winning numbers drawn were 4, 7, 8, 40 and 50.