2008 : A Year in review
€840.1 million
€840.1 million total National Lottery sales in 2008.
3,675
3,675 National Lottery agents processed over 272 million individual transactions in their busy outlets all over Ireland.
29
29 lucky winners became new Lotto millionaires in 2008.
€455 million
€455 million was won by National Lottery players in 2008.
250
250 players appeared on The Winning Streak and The Big Money Game TV gameshows during the year.
26
26 winners won the Lotto Plus 1 top prize of €350,000 and 27 winners won the Lotto Plus 2 top prize of €250,000 during 2008.
113
113 holidays were won by lucky players on The Winning Streak and The Big Money Game TV gameshows in 2008.
€18,963,441
€18,963,441 was the largest Lotto jackpot won since the game began in 1988. It was won by the lucky Dan Morrissey group from Carlow.
Over €12 million
Over €12 million was won in prizes on National Lottery TV gameshows, The Winning Streak and The Big Money Game in 2008. Over €200,000 won each week, making it the richest gameshow in Europe.
€267.8 million
€267.8 million was raised through the sale of National Lottery games to fund good causes countrywide in 2008. This is the largest amount ever raised by the National Lottery in a single year for good causes and brings the total amount of funding raised to over €3 billion since 1987.
€15 million
€15 million was the largest EuroMillions jackpot won by a player in Ireland in 2008.
39
39 Big Money Game players and their guests travelled to LA and Las Vegas to live like the stars in 2008.
81,500
On average 81,500 people won National Lottery prizes every day of the year with over €8.7 million distributed in prize money each week.
83
83 cars were won by lucky players on The Winning Streak and The Big Money Game TV gameshows during the year.
20
20 TellyBingo Snowball winners in 2008. The biggest Snowball winner of €65,000 sold in Dublin in June.
2
2 exciting new games were launched by the National Lottery in 2008 – Monday Million and Millionaire Raffle.