Nine lucky Kilkenny punters scratch off €575,000 in top card prizes
NINE lucky punters from Kilkenny city and county scooped a total of €575,000 by winning the top prize after trying their luck with National Lottery scratch cards.
Since 2015, there have been a total of 402 winners across the country 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 the scratch card games.
Unsurprisingly given its population, 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 an incredible €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.
Kilkenny, with total prize money of €575,000, is a toss of the coin when it comes to scratch card wins, coming in 15 highest of all the counties in the country.
Ireland’s Luckiest scratch card counties since 2015
| County | No. of top prize scratch card wins | Total in top tier prizes |
| 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 |
