An extra €1 million in Lotto Plus Raffle

The National Lottery has confirmed that it will be adding an additional €1 million to the Lotto Plus Raffle prize fund for this Saturday’s draw (December 11). Winners of the Lotto Plus Raffle typically win €500 in every draw but tomorrow night, players are set for a boost to their winnings. By topping up the raffle prize fund by €1 million, each winner will instead claim an equal share of the €1 million amount in addition to the €500 prize.

Over the last five Lotto draws, there have been between 121 and 164 winners of the Lotto Plus Raffle. The National Lottery estimate that if tonight’s draw has approximately the same number of raffle winners, that each will receive between €6,000 - €9,000.

Lotto players are also set to see a boost to a lower prize tier in the main Lotto draw due to the jackpot remaining capped at €19.06 million. The funds that would usually be added to the jackpot will instead continue to flow down to the next prize tier at which there is a winner.

Since Saturday, October 2, no additional funds have been added to the jackpot which has resulted in players at the Match 5+Bonus and Match 5 categories receiving larger prizes than usual. Across the past 20 Lotto draws, 213 players across the country who won the Match 5+Bonus or Match 5 prizes have shared €17.3 million in additional prize money due to the jackpot prize roll down.

The National Lottery are continuing to appeal to players to purchase their tickets early ahead of the cut-off time for ticket sales at 7.45pm on Saturday evening.