Irish Euromillions winner to claim €66.19m

The Irish winner of Friday night’s shared €132 million EuroMillions jackpot has made contact with the National Lottery.

The two winners will each receive €66.19 million. The other winning ticket was sold in France.

The claimant has to attend National Lottery headquarters in person to officially claim the prize but has 90 days from the date of the draw to do so.

“They have been in contact with National Lottery HQ just to say ‘we have got the winning ticket, we would like to come in and claim it’,” a National Lottery spokeswoman said last night.

It is not yet known exactly where in Ireland the winning ticket was sold.

The win is the third highest ever secured in Ireland in the EuroMillions.

In September 2014, a jackpot worth €86.7 million was won by a syndicate in Dublin. In July 2013, one Irish winner won a jackpot of almost €94 million but chose to remain anonymous.

Dolores McNamara holds the record for the largest ever win. The Co Limerick woman scooped more than €115 million in 2005.

EuroMillions is played in nine countries – Austria, Belgium, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the UK.