Simon Reenan, National Lottery celebrating with staff members at Centre on the Platin Road in Drogheda, where Wednesday nights National Lottery winning jackpot ticket for €4.6 m was bought. Photo: Arthur Carron / Mac Innes Photography.
It was a day for champagne celebrations at the Centra store on Platin Road, Drogheda, which was revealed as the store that sold the winning ticket in Wednesday’s Lotto draw, with the winning ticket worth an astonishing €4,642,646.
Shop owner, William Daly, said: “My wife, Bernie and I, are thrilled with today’s announcement as the latest store to sell a winning Lotto Jackpot ticket and to have sold the first Lotto jackpot win of 2025.
“This is our first time ever selling a winning ticket, we are over the moon to have done so. I’d like to thank the amazing team in our store for their dedication and hard work, serving our loyal customers in our community here in Drogheda. We have a lot of regular customers, so it’s great to think that one of them may have won a life-changing prize.
“We wish the very best for the winner and may it bring them every happiness and success in the future. It’s a well-deserved lift for the community here in Drogheda!”
Advertisement - continue reading below
The local player, who hasnot been named, becomes the first Lotto Jackpot winner of 2025, after purchasing their winning ticket on Saturday, 25th January from Centra, Platin Road. The winning numbers from Wednesday night’s Lotto draw were: 5, 12, 14, 27, 34, 42 and the Bonus was 25.
Drogheda is no stranger to National Lottery winning ways after celebrating several high-tier wins over the years, including the Lotto jackpot win of €3,523,021 on 14th February 2024.
National Lottery spokesperson Darragh O’Dwyer said: “It might be known as the Wee County, but celebrations are certain to be high this week in Louth with a Lotto player bagging themselves €4,642,646 in Wednesday night’s draw.
“The midweek multi-millionaire has officially taken the title of Ireland’s first Lotto Jackpot Winner of 2025. The National Lottery can confirm that the winner has made contact with our claims team and arrangements are being made for Ireland’s newest millionaire to collect their prize."
Nearly 30 cent in every €1 spent on National Lottery games goes back to Good Causes in the areas of sport, youth, health, welfare, education, arts, heritage and the Irish Language. In total, more than €6.5 billion has been raised for Good Causes since the National Lottery was established 37 years ago. In 2023 alone, €227.9 million was raised for local Good Causes in communities across Ireland.