The National Lottery handed out over €9 million in ‘high tier prizes’ to lotto winners in counties in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal from January 2020 until January 2023.
The figures were published in the National Lottery’s ‘high tier prizes report’ which captures all draw-based game prize wins such as EuroMillions, Telly Bingo and Millionaire Raffle in excess of €15,000.
There were 28 total ‘high tier’ prize winners in county Donegal which totalled €6,624,163.
Elsewhere, prizes also exceeded the million mark in Sligo with 10 ‘high tier’ prize winners winning a total of €2,950,005.
While, in Leitrim there were 5 ‘high tier’ prize winners which totalled €254,402.
Since 2020, Dublin has unsurprisingly topped the charts for National Lottery wins with over €68 million paid out to 275 players, 22 of which won prizes in excess of €1 million.
Already in 2023, a total of four brand new millionaires have been made in the Lotto game alone with the biggest win of the year in Foynes, Co. Limerick which seen a Lotto jackpot prize worth €11.1 million claimed by a syndicate.
