Lotto punter bags €213k but narrowly misses out on €29.2million sum as second player claims major €500k prize

A LUCKY Lotto punter has scooped up a whopping €213,502 in tonight’s EuroMillions Lotto draw.

However, the lucky winner was just one number off claiming a mind-blowing €29,270,259 sum.

The player matched five numbers and one lucky star to take home the €213k figure.

However, the EuroMillions jackpot tonight sat at a jaw-dropping €29,270,259.

If the winner had matched just one more number they would have walked away with the life-changing cash amount.

The winning numbers were 1, 3, 11, 20, 43 and lucky stars 2 and 11.

And Lotto bosses have revealed the winning slip was sold in Cork.

So players in the rebel county should check their tickets carefully tonight.

The winner should sign the back of their ticket and keep it safe.

Then they should make contact with the prize claims team.

This can be done by calling the National Lottery Prize Claims Team on 1800 666 222 or emailing claims@lottery.ie.

And in the EuroMillions Plus draw another player will be expanding their bank account in the coming weeks.

One winner managed to scoop up a staggering €500,000 prize.

The winning numbers drawn were 15, 23, 26, 29 and 48.

The winner bought their lucky ticket in Co Wexford, Lotto officials have confirmed.

And 51 players managed to match four numbers in the Plus draw.

They will be walking away with a nice cushioning €2,000 in their back pockets.

And there were also some lucky winners of the Ireland Only Raffle.

They managed to scoop up a handy €5,000.

The winning raffle tickets were:

• I-RRR-04404
• I-RRS-61600
• I-RRV-82919
• I-RRW-78963
• I-RRX-37616
• I-RRZ-24703
• I-RSB-48727
• I-RSB-54829
• I-RSB-58769
• I-RSB-95096

Alamy