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Millionaire raffle 2024

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  • #92
    sligeach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,174 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123004406#Comment_123004406

    Some of it goes towards the cost of running the ads for it. The retailers make a bit from each ticket sale and charities will get a percentage. But, ya, a large proportion will go to the Canadian teachers pension fund.



  • #93
    Dr Turk Turkelton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,048 ✭✭✭Dr Turk Turkelton


    Why would they give it to a Canadian teachers pension fund when a French gaming company own it?

    Are French gaming companies that generous?



  • #94
    Meanman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 111 ✭✭Meanman


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123004371#Comment_123004371

    More importantly now what time is the draw at tonight and how soon will I know if Im a MILLIONAIRE🙏



  • #95
    Dazler97
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,440 ✭✭✭Dazler97


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123004371#Comment_123004371

    Good causes national lottery always do this even if you buy a scratch card but some of it will be going to ceos pockets



  • #96
    d@rk l0rd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 409 ✭✭d@rk l0rd


    The advertisement is last year's recycled with that pair of twits pulling the card from each other so no cost to make a new ad. I guess the cost of running it on RTE, online and in newspaper adverts. Many would buy their tickets via the website or app so depending on how many do this, the amount needing to be paid to retailers would be less than if they were all sold via retailers. But would that cost nearly €9m, even if you include some given to good causes?



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  • #97
    d@rk l0rd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 409 ✭✭d@rk l0rd


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123004504#Comment_123004504

    After 10.00. Please spare a thought (and some cash from your winnings) for those of us certain to end up with nada! 😥



  • #98
    PopTarts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,251 ✭✭✭PopTarts


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122995732#Comment_122995732

    There’s a 1 in 70 chance of winning a prize (8500 prizes) with the smallest prize €500 so odds aren’t that bad.


    Better odds now too than when it was 300000 tickets when I think there was only 534 prizes (2 €1million prizes though).



  • #99
    sligeach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,174 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123004664#Comment_123004664

    I don't see how it's a 1 in 70 chance of winning a prize when 591,500 ticket holders will end up with NOTHING. Or 98.58% of ticket holders will win Zilch. So is not then a 1.42% chance of winning a prize?

    No, wait, I guess it is a 1 in 70/71 chance of winning a prize. It just sounds better putting it that way, rather than saying a 1.42% chance of winning. All I know is that I must have bought at least a dozen over the years and never won anything.

    And I mentioned above that I bought 40 tickets in a row for the Irish National Lottery and didn't win a single thing, with an average of 3 lines per ticket. And the odds of winning any prize is 1 in 29.

    I think the recent €1 million raffle top prize for Lotto Plus players was better value than the Millionaire raffle. Sure there are more guaranteed prizes in the Millionaire Raffle, but it's €25 a pop. Whereas entry in the Lotto Plus €1 million was €6, and you had a chance of winning the jackpot which was over €4.7 million, and the Lotto Plus 1 prize of €1 million and Lotto Plus 2 prize of €250,000.



  • #100
    peaty_trance0f
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26 ✭peaty_trance0f


    LMAO some people seem to be realising that the Lotto is a for-profit gambling product and no amount of time and money you’ve wasted entitles you to any return whatsoever.

    Well done on taking the “if you’re not in you can’t win” bait.



  • #101
    d@rk l0rd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 409 ✭✭d@rk l0rd


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123004836#Comment_123004836

    I don’t think anyone on here feels entitled to a return from this. We know that over 98.5% of people entered will walk away with nada.



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  • #102
    Meanman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 111 ✭✭Meanman


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123004605#Comment_123004605
    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123004605#Comment_123004605

    No negativity now please. At this very moment every one of us 600,000 can dream it could be me. Its only after 10pm that there will only be a few of US winners. Dream on for now (with some beer)😀



  • #103
    nullObjects
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,403 ✭✭✭nullObjects


    Is there somewhere to watch the draw?



  • #104
    nachouser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,670 ✭✭✭nachouser


    I would have thought it's about 0.014 chance with one ticket. Having said that, I like my odds.



  • #105
    PopTarts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,251 ✭✭✭PopTarts


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123005067#Comment_123005067

    It’s not shown live anymore. A random generator selects the 8500 winning numbers.



  • #106
    watchclocker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 341 ✭✭watchclocker


    I decided to buy my first ever one of these today but I was too late

    Probably for the best I never win anything

    I hope the person who wins it has a better life because of it and it brings them only positive things and joy

    And I hope it's one of you!



  • #107
    Oscar_Madison
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,564 ✭✭✭Oscar_Madison
    #MEGA MAKE EUROPE GREAT AGAIN


    National lottery app is down for maintenance 🤪

    Website says currently not available due to the draw taking place - what time numbers published?



  • #108
    Terminator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 778 ✭✭✭Terminator


    Results are up now - congrats to all the winners.

    https://www.lottery.ie/results/millionaire-raffle/history



  • #109
    Neames
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 958 ✭✭✭Neames


    I bought a few tickets online.

    Result = no luck.



  • #110
    Oscar_Madison
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,564 ✭✭✭Oscar_Madison
    #MEGA MAKE EUROPE GREAT AGAIN


    467908 is the winning big one



  • #111
    tscul32
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,662 ✭✭✭tscul32


    Nada here



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  • #112
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,907 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Ah, feck.



  • #113
    Oscar_Madison
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,564 ✭✭✭Oscar_Madison
    #MEGA MAKE EUROPE GREAT AGAIN


    I have 2 tickets- nothing on the first - I’ll dream for another while then check the second 😀



  • #114
    antimatterx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,469 ✭✭✭antimatterx


    Nothing here. Not even €500. FFS



  • #115
    Oscar_Madison
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,564 ✭✭✭Oscar_Madison
    #MEGA MAKE EUROPE GREAT AGAIN


    Dream over- nadda-i got within 37 of a winning number in the 500 euro draw - see y’all in 2025😀



  • #116
    nachouser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,670 ✭✭✭nachouser


    It could be you, but not today because we don't invest enough in the app to make it work. But it could be you. Tomorrow, maybe.



  • #117
    fun loving criminal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,528 ✭✭✭fun loving criminal


    Did they show all the results?

    Does anyone think the winning numbers look funny under the €500?

    There seems to be a lot of numbers starting at

    00xxxx

    Then alot of numbers at 01xxxx

    And you can continue down that list 02xxxx, 03xxx, 04xxxx, 05xxxx And so on.

    It's the same for the

    10xxxx,11xxx, 12xxxx, and same again for 20xxxx, 21xxxx, 22xxxx and so on. And same for the 3xxxx.

    And then it seems to stop at 43xxxx.

    Or am I sore loser since my number is 448xxx?

    .



  • #118
    hawaii501
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,179 ✭✭✭hawaii501


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123005268#Comment_123005268

    Need to check desktop for further numbers as it doesn't show on phone for some reason after 43XXXX



  • #119
    Oscar_Madison
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,564 ✭✭✭Oscar_Madison
    #MEGA MAKE EUROPE GREAT AGAIN


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123005268#Comment_123005268

    It certainly looked like no winning numbers beyond four hundred and something thousand for the 500 draw when i looked earlier which I thought odd but the last few numbers were obscured so it’s possible they’re still loading or something - the app gives you an instant answer when you scan so do check that too just in case



  • #120
    fun loving criminal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,528 ✭✭✭fun loving criminal


    Checked the desktop and checked the app just to make sure. I didn't win anything. 😞



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  • #121
    skinny90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,527 ✭✭✭skinny90


    Had 4 tickets, not even close on all 4



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