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There were great celebrations at National Lottery offices today as a family group of three from Kilkenny picked up their Lotto jackpot win of €2 million from last night’s draw. The delighted group bought their lucky ticket in Londis in St James’ Hospital, Dublin 8. They were visiting a relative at the time.

A Galway family is quietly celebrating after scooping last Saturday’s Lotto jackpot, worth more than €5 million. The lucky ticket was a €4 quick pick purchased in the Happy Days newsagents in Galway Shopping Centre.

Somebody will be celebrating in Borris this week after a winning ticket for the Lotto Plus 2 top prize, worth €250,000 was purchased in Cosgrave’s shop in Borris, Co. Kilkenny on Saturday last, the day of the draw. The lucky ticket was a €4 QuickPick selection.

Many businesses in Mayo are expected to close down or cease trading over the coming weeks following the poor Christmas trading period which some had hoped would throw a commercial lifeline to take them through 2011. Those most likely to be affected are operators in the hospitality sector including pubs, hotels and restaurants, which are not applying for renewals of property leases and pub licences.

It will be a very merry Christmas for one lucky customer of Griffin’s Newsagents, Athlone, with the news that a €30,000 prize was won from a scratchcard bought in the store.

The boom of betting shops in towns and cities throughout Ireland in recent years has not only highlighted the high level of gambling in the country, but also raised concerns over the changing face of high streets where several bookmaker outlets have set up.

Bad news may have been the order of the day for some time now, but this week it must be acknowledged that a definite sense of the sun peeking out through the clouds to lift our spirits is palpable.

The countdown has begun to the Galway Races and this year’s Summer Festival kicks off with the Galway’s Best Hotels Day, with all seven races sponsored by Galway’s leading hotels and the feature race of the day the carlton.ie/galwaycity (Q.R) Handicap.

Galway bookmaker Alan Mulholland representing John Mulholland Bookmaker was recently involved in what was a historic move for the Irish betting industry when his company joined six other Irish independent bookmakers to form an online presence called BetPack.com.

One of the top 25 tickets drawn in the first ever National Lottery Sweepstakes draw was bought in Kilkenny. The lucky player who purchased ticket No 007 903 in Mullinavat Post Office is urged to check their ticket and make contact with the National Lottery as soon as possible.