The ticket was purchased on the 14th of November last year in a Maxol garage on Ringsend Road.

After nobody came to collect the prize, the National Lottery publicly plead with the mystery owner of the winning ticket to claim their massive prize.


The winner, who wished to keep their identity private, put out a statement through the National Lottery.

““I knew all along that I’d won but I just wanted a little bit of time to let it sink in,” they said.

“I threw the ticket in a bedside drawer and left it there for a couple of months while I thought about how I might spend it.

“Then I started reading and hearing urgent calls being made by the National Lottery asking Dublin players to check their tickets. I thought I better ring this crowd soon as they seem to be worrying.”


The winner said they planned on spending “every penny” of their new lumpsum, but gave no details as to what they would spend it on.