Ireland's luckiest counties for scratch card wins revealed
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 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 can be viewed here:
[table][row][column][/column][column][/column][column][/column][/row][row][column]Dublin[/column][column]102[/column][column]€5,365,000[/column][/row][row][column]Tipperary[/column][column]19[/column][column]€1,645,000[/column][/row][row][column]Cork[/column][column]38[/column][column]€1,555,000[/column][/row][row][column]Wexford[/column][column]18[/column][column]€1,385,000[/column][/row][row][column]Kildare[/column][column]17[/column][column]€1,385,000[/column][/row][row][column]Limerick[/column][column]20[/column][column]€1,160,000[/column][/row][row][column]Donegal[/column][column]14[/column][column]€945,000[/column][/row][row][column]Mayo[/column][column]14[/column][column]€930,000[/column][/row][row][column]Roscommon[/column][column]6[/column][column]€845,000[/column][/row][row][column]Meath[/column][column]16[/column][column]€755,000[/column][/row][row][column]Galway[/column][column]14[/column][column]€750,000[/column][/row][row][column]Westmeath[/column][column]14[/column][column]€650,000[/column][/row][row][column]Clare[/column][column]14[/column][column]€635,000[/column][/row][row][column]Louth[/column][column]16[/column][column]€605,000[/column][/row][row][column]Kilkenny[/column][column]9[/column][column]€575,000[/column][/row][row][column]Sligo[/column][column]8[/column][column]€510,000[/column][/row][row][column]Monaghan[/column][column]8[/column][column]€495,000[/column][/row][row][column]Kerry[/column][column]7[/column][column]€400,000[/column][/row][row][column]Offaly[/column][column]7[/column][column]€430,000[/column][/row][row][column]Waterford[/column][column]7[/column][column]€310,000[/column][/row][row][column]Carlow[/column][column]8[/column][column]€290,000[/column][/row][row][column]Cavan[/column][column]6[/column][column]€220,000[/column][/row][row][column]Laois[/column][column]8[/column][column]€270,000[/column][/row][row][column]Wicklow[/column][column]7[/column][column]€260,000[/column][/row][row][column]Leitrim[/column][column]4[/column][column]€145,000[/column][/row][row][column]Longford[/column][column]1[/column][column]€50,000[/column][/row][row][column][/column][column][/column][column][/column][/row][/table]
Ahead of Father’s Day on Sunday, June 16, the National Lottery has also launched a brand new €5 scratch card game.
‘Golden 4’s & Silver 5’s’ 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."
