National Lottery reveals Ireland’s luckiest counties for top tier scratch card wins
Westmeath the luckiest county in the midlands
The National Lottery has compiled a list of Ireland’s luckiest counties when it comes to winning the top prize when playing scratch cards.
Since 2015, a total of 402 winners have won top tier prizes, which are the maximum cash prizes on a given scratch card game, worth a total of €22,565,000, when playing National Lottery scratch card games.
The luckiest county in the midlands is Westmeath, where 14 players have claimed a total of €650,000.
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 €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 is below.
New Scratch Card Game Launched
Ahead of Father’s Day on Sunday, June 16, the National Lottery has launched a 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.
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
List shows county, followed by the number of top prize scratch card wins; and the total in top tier prizes won
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 January 1, 2015 to May 31, 2019.