Think back, did you buy a lotto ticket on 7th December in Kildare and could it be buried somewhere on the backseat of your car? If the answer is yes, you may have won € 350,000.
The National Lottery has put a call out for the owner of a winning Quick Pick ticket bought in Dunnes Stores on Moorefield Road in Newbridge, Co Kildare to step forward and claim their prize. The winner of this small fortune has only three days before the 90 day deadline expires this Friday.
If the owner fails to step forward, the winnings will go towards a prize fund used to promote National Lottery games.
“The majority of unclaimed prizes are for smaller amounts,” said a spokeswoman for the National Lottery, adding that around 2 per cent of all sales remain unclaimed.
She said that once the deadline has passed, the € 350,000 prize will be returned to National Lottery players in the form of game promotions such as the €1 million added to the Lotto jackpot in December 2013.
A third of this money will also be used to fund beneficiary projects around Ireland.
Having raised over € 4.2 billion, the Lotto Good Causes works with communities and individuals in areas of sport, youth, health & welfare, culture & national heritage, the arts and the Irish language. Organisations supported by the fund include Smock Alley Theatre, Mountaineering Ireland, Suas Educational Development and Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Ireland.
However, lotto players in Kildare still have time. Check the following numbers and you could be €350,000 richer in time for Friday night.
The winning numbers on the ticket are: 13, 16, 24, 30, 34, 38, Bonus Number 43.
