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Play the Irish Lottery
The Irish Lottery replaced the IRISH HOSPITAL SWEEPSTAKES in 1988 and has become one of the most popular lotteries in Europe. With only 42 numbers to choose from, it's significantly easier to win the jackpot in the Irish lotto compared with most other major national lotto games. The size of the Jackpot is determined by the number of people who enter in each draw, but there is a guaranteed minimum of €1.35 million (approximately $1.5 million USD) and rollovers regularly take the jackpot prize pool to 3, 4 and up to a record 9.5 million euros.
The jackpot is won by matching six numbers. If the jackpot is not won, it will rollover to the next drawing. There are six prize categories.
The Irish Lottery is drawn on Irish TV every Wednesday and Saturday at 8pm.
The odds of winning the Irish Lottery are better than most other lotteries (1 in 5,245,786) because the
it is a 6/42 draw unlike most lotteries which are 6/49 games. The jackpot isn't as big as other lotteries, but most of us would still be quite happy to take home the jackpot.
Irish Lotto Instants produce at least 1 new millionaire each week.
Payouts are a tax-free lump sum and paid within 48 hours.
Each line in the Irish National Lottery costs 1 Euro and the minimum purchase is 2 lines. Additional lines are then 1 Euro each.
The first draw was 16 April 1988 and started out as a 6 from 36 game. The current format (6 from 42) started on 24 September 1994. The largest ever Irish lottery jackpot to date was for 9,505,290 Euros, which was won on 2 November 1996.
Ireland provides a number of secondary lottery games including Lotto Plus, Telly Bingo and Lotto 54321.
The odds of winning any prize is 1:243.
You don't have to visit Ireland to catch the luck of the Irish. Play Lotto 6/42 and you could wake up a millionaire! |
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