Lotto Ireland: Bosses ticket warning as second-highest jackpot of all time up for grabs
The top prize on Wednesday is estimated at €17 million. It's the second-highest jackpot in the history of the game. The current Lotto jackpots has been rolling for over three months since Wednesday June 9. There have been five Lottos wins this year. National Lottery urges players to buy tickets early. If the jackppot is won at an amount higher than €18.96 million, it will become the new jack pot cap. The previous cap was set in 2008. A record breaking jackpie was won by Dan Morrissey syndicate in Carlow in June 2008, which is why the current jack ppot has grown.
It's the second-highest jackpot of all time up for grabs.
Dan Morrissey Syndicate from Carlow scooped Ireland's biggest ever win back in 2008, winning €18,963,441.
The second-highest jackpot of all time was €16.717.17 in April 2010.
A Dublin man bought a ticket at Donnybrook Fair in Dublin 4 the week before Halloween 2010 and won €16,390,239.
Cunningham family from Cork City become Lotto multi-millionaires after buying their ticket at Centra store in Farranree, Co. Cork.