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National Lottery Reveals Ireland’s Luckiest Counties for Top Tier Scratch Card Wins

Posted on: 13 Jun 2019

New ‘Golden 4’s & Silver 5’s’ scratch card launched ahead of Father’s Day this weekend

 

The National Lottery has compiled a definitive list of Ireland’s luckiest counties when it comes to winning the top prize when playing scratch cards.


Since 2015, there have been a total of 402 winners who have won top tier prizes, which are the maximum cash prizes on a given scratch card game, worth a massive total of €22,565,000 when playing National Lottery scratch card games.


Dublin is the luckiest county with 102 players claiming top prizes worth over €5.3 million in winnings.


Scratch card players in Tipperary came out in second place with an incredible €1,695,000 in top prizes shared among 20 winners. Cork came third with €1,580,000 won by 39 individual players while Wexford and Kildare round off the top five with total top prize scratch card wins of €1,415,000 and €1,385,000 respectively. The full county by county stats can be viewed below.

New Scratch Card Game Launched
Ahead of Father’s Day on Sunday 16th June, the National Lottery has launched a brand new €5 scratch card game, ‘Golden 4’s & Silver 5’s’ which contains four top prizes of €45,000 with a total prize fund of over €4 million. Speaking on the release of these findings and on the release of the ‘Golden 4’s & Silver 5’s’ scratch card, a National Lottery spokesperson said: “Scratch cards remain one of the most popular pastimes for our players and these statistics show why. Whether you are looking for an ideal last minute gift or looking for that extra gift to pop into his card, scratch cards make the ideal gift for your dad this Father’s Day. There are so many great cash prizes to win on the full suite of 21 National Lottery scratch card games. Not only could you change his life but, with a big cash win, you could also become his favourite child!”

Ireland’s Luckiest scratch card counties since 2015

County

No. of top prize scratch card wins

Total in top tier prizes

Dublin

102

€5,365,000

Tipperary

19

€1,645,000

Cork

38

€1,555,000

Wexford

18

€1,385,000

Kildare

17

€1,385,000

Limerick

20

€1,160,000

Donegal

14

€945,000

Mayo

14

€930,000

Roscommon

6

€845,000

Meath

16

€755,000

Galway

14

€750,000

Westmeath

14

€650,000

Clare

14

€635,000

Louth

16

€605,000

Kilkenny

9

€575,000

Sligo

8

€510,000

Monaghan

8

€495,000

Kerry

7

€400,000

Offaly

7

€430,000

Waterford

7

€310,000

Carlow

8

€290,000

Cavan

6

€220,000

Laois

8

€270,000

Wicklow

7

€260,000

Leitrim

4

€145,000

Longford

1

€50,000

Total

402

€22,565,000

 *Based on National Lottery scratch card claims data from 1st January 2015 – 31st May 2019.

Nearly 30 cent in every €1 spent on scratch cards and all National Lottery games goes back to Good Causes in the areas of sport, youth, health, welfare, education, arts, heritage and the Irish Language. In total more than €5.4 Billion has been raised for Good Causes since the National Lottery was established 32 years ago. In 2018 alone, more than €227 million was raised; the equivalent of €620,000 a day in support for local Good Causes in communities across Ireland.