Staff at the Applegreen M4 Enfield Westbound Service Station in Martinstown, Cadamstown, Co. Kildare were thrilled to hear that one of their customers scooped the top prize of €1 million.

Another Meath (or Kildare!) lotto millionaire in a week

John Donohoe

Published: Fri 7 Jan 2022, 3:40 PM

Last updated: Fri 7 Jan 2022, 3:48 PM

An Applegreen customer who purchased their ticket for Wednesday’s 2pm draw (5th January) at a busy service station close to the Kildare and Meath border has become the first official National Lottery millionaire of 2022 after winning the top prize of €1 million.

The winning Quick Pick ticket was sold on the day of the draw at the Applegreen M4 Enfield Westbound Service Station in Martinstown, Cadamstown, Co Kildare.

Site Manager Ella Tyrala was delighted to hear that one of their customers has become the biggest winner of the new year so far: “This is great news to get during the first week of the year! We are delighted that one of our customers has now officially become a millionaire. The entire team was over the moon when we received the news from the National Lottery. We hope that the lucky winner checks their ticket soon and enjoys their life-changing win.”

The National Lottery has confirmed that the Daily Million winner who scooped the top prize of €1 million in Wednesday’s 2pm draw has come forward and arrangements are now being made for them to claim their prize.

Daily Million draws take place twice a day, seven days a week at 2pm and 9pm and costs just €1 per play.

Scally's Centra in Summerhill was as the seller of the new year Millionaire Raffle winning National Lottery ticket. The winning ticket in the New Year’s Eve draw was purchased on Saturday 11th December at Scally’s. The winning ticket number was 114263.