There were big winners in Kilkenny, Laois, Cavan, and Dublin.

Lotto players across Kilkenny should check their tickets this morning after the National Lottery announced that the winner of last night’s €12,740,043 Lotto jackpot bought their winning ticket in a Kilkenny store. The ticket holder who has yet to make contact with the National Lottery to claim their prize has officially became the 12th largest Lotto jackpot winner in the history of the game. The lottery plan to name the store where the Quick Pick was purchased in the coming days. The National Lottery also confirmed that the Kilkenny jackpot winner wasn’t the only big winner in Wednesday night’s massive draw as further players in Cavan, Dublin and Laois won incredible prizes. Ticket holders in Laois are also being asked to check their tickets after the Lotto Plus 2 top prize of €250,000 was won with a Quick Pick ticket purchased at the Corrib Oil service station in Fairgreen in Portlaoise on the day of the draw (Wednesday 14 April). Meanwhile, two further players in Cavan and Dublin won the Match 5 + Bonus prize, which was worth €416,263. The winners will each take home a prize of €208,132. The winning Cavan Quick Pick ticket was sold at Cullies Mace services station on the Ballyhayes Road. The Dublin ticket was sold at the Circle K Sundrive service station on Lower Kimmage Road in Dublin 6. With over 137,000 winners in Wednesday night’s Lotto draws, the National Lottery is now encouraging all its Lotto players, especially in Kilkenny, Laois, Cavan and Dublin to check their tickets to see if they are one of last night’s big winners.