Lotto fever hits as jackpot tops €13m

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to take part in tonight's multi-million euro midweek lotto draw, buoyed by the chance…

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to take part in tonight's multi-million euro midweek lotto draw, buoyed by the chance to snap-up the biggest jackpot in the State's history.

The jackpot is now over €13 million.

It is the tenth time the jackpot has rolled over without a winner. It has not been won since June 20th, and has rolled over each Wednesday and Saturday since.

If it is not won tonight it will again roll over to next Saturday evening.

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The highest jackpot so far this year was on January 31st when a Kilkenny couple won more than €8.5 million  after buying a Quickpick ticket.

The previous highest lotto jackpot was for €9.5 million  and was shared on November 21st 1996, by two tickets.