National Lottery Scratch Cards in Ireland

National Lottery scratch cards are sold in shops through National Lottery retail agents, and digital instant-win games are sold on the official National Lottery website. Every card has its own price and prize structure, and its claim deadline is printed on the back.

The draw-based games are a different matter, and their latest results sit in the feed below for anyone who came here with a Lotto ticket as well:

Results wireThursday, 29 October 2026

LottoWednesday, 28 October 2026, 19:45

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Top prize: EUR 3,941,468

There was no winner of the Lotto jackpot. In total, over 53,000 players won prizes in the Lotto & Lotto Plus draws.

Lotto Plus 1Wednesday, 28 October 2026, 19:45

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Top prize: EUR 1,000,000

There was no winner of the Lotto Plus 1 top prize.

Lotto Plus 2Wednesday, 28 October 2026, 19:45

9141527394324

Top prize: EUR 1,000,000

There was no winner of the Lotto Plus 2 top prize.

EuroMillionsTuesday, 27 October 2026, 19:30

213032424836

Top prize: EUR 78,415,028

There was no winner of the EuroMillions jackpot. In total, over 34,000 players in Ireland won prizes in the EuroMillions and Plus games.

Daily MillionThursday, 29 October 2026, 21:00

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Top prize: EUR 1,000,000

There was no winner of the Daily Million top prize.

Daily Million PlusThursday, 29 October 2026, 21:00

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Top prize: EUR 500,000

There was no winner of the Daily Million Plus top prize.

National Lottery scratch cards: what is on sale

The range changes through the year, with new cards launched and old ones withdrawn, so we do not list games, prices or top prizes; any such list would be stale within weeks. What holds for all of them: each card is a separate game with its own price, its own set of prizes and its own odds, set by the operator, Premier Lotteries Ireland, and overseen by the Regulator of the National Lottery. Read the card and its published game details before buying, not after.

Online, the official website sells instant-win games, the digital cousin of the scratch card. They are National Lottery products under the same regulator, with the same 18+ rule; the difference is speed, because a digital game can be bought and revealed in seconds, again and again.

Both formats sit inside the National Lottery's own legal regime, the National Lottery Acts of 1986 and 2013, rather than under the Gambling Regulation Act 2024. That matters if something goes wrong: a dispute over a National Lottery scratch card goes to the operator and then the Regulator of the National Lottery, not to the new gambling authority. Our licensing guide explains where that authority's remit begins.

The deadline on the back of the card

Draw games run on a simple rule: prizes expire 90 days after the draw. Scratch cards cannot work that way, as there is no draw, so the clock starts from the last day that particular card could be sold, and the deadline is printed on the back. A card that sat in a drawer for a while may still be good; equally, an old card from a game withdrawn months ago may not be. Look at the back before giving up on it or before trekking to a shop.

Checking and claiming a scratch card

1. Scratch the card as its own instructions say.
2. Read the result against the rules printed on the card itself.
3. Check the claim deadline on the back.
4. Take a winning card to a National Lottery retail agent, which pays smaller prizes.
5. For larger prizes, use a post office prize claim centre or National Lottery headquarters, as the official claim instructions direct.

A scratchcard checker, in the sense of a separate app, adds little: the card reveals its own result, and the retail agent confirms it when you claim. Winnings are tax-free in Ireland, explained in our gambling tax guide.

Irish cards and UK National Lottery scratchcards

Searches mix the two up constantly. The Irish National Lottery and the UK National Lottery are separate lotteries, run by different operators under different laws. A scratchcard sold under the UK lottery's brand is that lottery's product, and its prizes are claimed through that lottery's system, not through Irish retail agents or the Irish regulator. If you are in the Republic, the cards on the counter of a National Lottery retail agent are the Irish ones.

Online scratchcards for real money

A lot of what is sold online as "scratch cards for real money" or "scratch off games" is not a National Lottery product at all. It is a casino game, usually from the same studios that make slots, and sometimes carrying slot branding such as a Rainbow Riches scratchcard. Those games sit on casino sites, and in Ireland that raises a licensing point.

There is no Irish licence for online casino gaming yet; the Gambling Regulatory Authority expects to begin licensing gaming in early 2027. Casino sites that take Irish players do so under foreign licences, Malta or Great Britain at best, which means no Irish regulator to complain to about a casino scratchcard today. Our casino scratch cards page and the online casinos guide cover that market, with the brands we rate and the ones to swerve.

Free scratch off games, meanwhile, are demo versions: no stake, no prize, and no connection with the National Lottery.

Why scratch cards need a firmer budget

Scratch cards and instant-win games are 18+, and it is illegal for a shop to sell a card to anyone under 18. They are also the quickest form of lottery play there is. A draw game makes you wait for 7.55pm; a scratch card settles itself in seconds, and a small win tends to go straight back over the counter for another card. Setting a figure for the week, and leaving the winnings out of it, is the plainest defence. If it has gone past that, our safer gambling page lists free support in Ireland.