Lotto Release County By County Breakdown Of Jackpot Wins Over Last 30 Years

The Irish Lotto turns 30 this year (16th April 1988) and to celebrate the big birthday, the folks up at National Lottery HQ have released a County by County breakdown of Lotto wins over 30 years.

Dublin claims the highest number of jackpots at 572, totaling over €872 million. The second luckiest Lotto County is Cork with 172 jackpot wins totaling €245 million while the third luckiest County is Galway with 92 lotto jackpots totaling €116 million.

Ireland’s first ever Lotto jackpot winner was Donegal woman, Brigid McGrath from Letterkenny who scooped the £147,059 (punts) and Ireland’s first ever Lotto millionaire was Rita Power from Ballinasloe in Co. Galway who won £1,200,937.

National Lottery Chief Executive, Dermot Griffin, revealed that more than €4.4 billion in prizes has been paid out to Lotto players in Ireland since the game was launched in 1988.

So, here is the following county by county breakdown of Lotto Jackpot winners since 1988:

County	Lotto Jackpot Wins	Total Jackpot Amount
Carlow	22	€43,670,824
Cavan	28	€52,879,738
Clare	40	€60,135,055
Cork	172	€245,936,167
Donegal	90	€116,006,844
Dublin	572	€856,434,245
Galway	92	€137,955,578
Kerry	37	€48,637,047
Kildare	69	€92,659,583
Kilkenny	24	€29,307,451
Laois	13	€21,511,177
Leitrim	9	€24,582,930
Limerick	59	€74,397,231
Longford	13	€13,288,028
Louth	76	€89,032,725
Mayo	58	€103,718,494
Meath	54	€75,074,088
Monaghan	22	€16,851,213
Offaly	19	€29,866,385
Online	4	€13,482,170
Roscommon	19	€20,032,530
Sligo	23	€34,269,036
Tipperary	51	€85,944,393
Waterford	40	€66,220,964
Westmeath	32	€67,205,418
Wexford	46	€69,095,654
Wicklow	54	€76,073,974

How lucky is your county?