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: 

How lucky is your county?

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