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The National Lottery (Irish: An Crannchur Náisiúnta) is the state-licensed lottery of Ireland. Established in 1986 to raise funds for good causes, it began operations on 23 March 1987 when it sold its first scratchcards. It launched the weekly drawing game Lotto the following year, holding the first draw on 16 April 1988.
The Health Lottery also re-organised its playing structure to ensure a minimum jackpot of £25,000, and shorten the odds of winning any prize (now 1 in 9.7). [6] In addition, the monthly Mega Raffle was introduced, in which one Health Lottery player wins a guaranteed cash prize of £250,000. [7] The first Mega Raffle was drawn on 1 September 2018.
EuroMillions [a] is a transnational lottery that requires seven correct numbers to win the jackpot, which consists of 5 main numbers and 2 Lucky Star Numbers. It was launched on 7 February 2004 by France 's Française des Jeux , Spain 's Loterías y Apuestas del Estado and the United Kingdom 's Allwyn .
Andy Carter, senior winners’ adviser at Allwyn, operator of the National Lottery, said: “Wow, it has been a truly incredible night for a single UK ticket holder who has scooped tonight’s jaw ...
Ireland: The National Lottery (Irish: An Chrannchur Náisiúnta), Daily Millions and EuroMillions Isle of Man: Participates in The United Kingdom National Lottery and EuroMillions, previously had Isle of Man Lottery. Italy: Lotto, SuperEnalotto, Win for Life, 10e Lotto Latvia: Latloto 5/35, SuperBingo, Keno, Loto 5, Joker, Joker 7
A UK ticket-holder is set to become the third-biggest National Lottery winner of all time after claiming a £177m jackpot from Tuesday’s EuroMillions draw. Ticket-holders were urged to check ...
EuroMillions United Kingdom: 1 [76] 14 May 2010 £42m National Lottery United Kingdom: 3 6 January 1996 €38.4m State Lottery Netherlands: 1 10 May 2013 Tax-free lump sum [citation needed] [77] €37.7m National Lottery Germany: 1 7 October 2006 Won by a nurse [citation needed]; largest single jackpot win of Germany is €48.6m
The Irish Hospitals' Sweepstake was a lottery established in the Irish Free State in 1930 as the Irish Free State Hospitals' Sweepstake to finance hospitals. It is generally referred to as the Irish Sweepstake or Irish Sweepstakes, frequently abbreviated to Irish Sweep or Irish Sweeps. The Public Charitable Hospitals (Temporary Provisions) Act ...