Dublin, Cork, Kerry, and Limerick have the most big lotto winners of 2024, report shows

Eva Osborne

Dublin, Cork, Kerry, and Limerick lead the way in terms of big lotto wins as 2024 comes to an end, according to the National Lottery's high-tier prizes report.

The National Lottery created a 33 new millionaires in 2024, with over 161 players sharing over €103 million in high-tier prizes across all draw-based games.

Dublin topped the charts for National Lottery wins with over €21 million paid out to 32 players, seven of which won prizes in excess of €1 million.

So far this year, three millionaires have been made each in Cork, Kerry, and Limerick.

One of the Limerick winners claimed the second-largest prize of 2024, a Lotto jackpot worth an astounding €8.9 million.

Remarkably, the winning ticket was purchased in the same shop that previously sold the historic €115 million EuroMillions jackpot ticket to Dolores McNamara in 2005.

Online players continued to win big in 2024, with €32 million paid out to 34 players, eight of which won prizes in excess of €1 million.

Four of these online players were from Dublin alone.

The news comes as there is just one week to go until the Millioaire Raffle, which takes place on New Year's Eve, that will guarantee another Lottery Millionaire.