EuroDreams in Ireland: How to Play and the Monthly Prizes

For €2.50, a EuroDreams line in Ireland puts six numbers from 1 to 40 and one Dream Number from 1 to 5 into a Monday or Thursday draw, and that is how to play EuroDreams at its simplest. The Dream Number counts only when all six main numbers match, and there it decides between the two top prizes: €20,000 a month for 30 years with it, €2,000 a month for five years without it. Below those two tiers, it doesn't change which prize a line wins.

A €2.50 line: six numbers and a Dream Number

On the playslip, how to play EuroDreams is up to you panel by panel: mark six main numbers and one Dream Number yourself, or mark the Quick Pick box and the numbers are chosen for you at random. Every combination has the same chance as any other, so it makes no difference whether your numbers mean something to you or came from a Quick Pick.

The lottery.ie EuroDreams page says the minimum play is one line per draw, which costs €2.50, and that sales close at 7.30pm on draw days. At launch, The National Lottery said tickets would be sold by its retail agents around the country, on lottery.ie and through the National Lottery App. Under the game rules, a EuroDreams ticket can't be sold to anyone under 18.

Ireland's National Lottery announced EuroDreams on 20 October 2023, ahead of a first draw on Monday 6 November that year, and called it the first annuity-type game of its kind in Ireland.

One draw in Paris for eight countries

On lottery.ie, eight EuroDreams countries are listed: Ireland, Austria, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland. At launch, The National Lottery described the game as a joint venture with the other seven, and its game page places the draws in Paris, under independent supervision, at approximately 8pm every Monday and Thursday.

Under the EuroDreams rules, the Irish game and its counterparts share a common draw, so one set of winning numbers settles every line, whichever country sold it. What's Irish about a ticket bought here is everything around those numbers: the game is run by The National Lottery, operated by Premier Lotteries Ireland (PLI), prize values are in euro, and claims follow the Irish rules. The latest numbers, along with past draws, are on the EuroDreams results page on lottery.fm.

Where the Dream Number counts

Here are the six prize tiers as The National Lottery lists them. Odds are per line, as of 5 October 2026; lottery.ie gives the same figures, and the prize wording is its own.

The Dream Number column is the one to read first. It matters only at the very top, where it separates Tier 1 from Tier 2. From Tier 3 down, lottery.ie lists it as "0 or 1", so five, four, three or two main numbers land in the same tier whether the Dream Number came up or not. A line with fewer than two main numbers isn't on the table at all, Dream Number or no Dream Number.

On lottery.ie, the prize column is headed "Expected Average Prize", but the game rules treat the figures differently: €503, €34 and €5 are estimated averages that vary from draw to draw, while Tier 6 is a fixed prize of €2.50. The rules make one exception: in a draw where the Tier 5 prize would work out below €2.50, the Tier 5 and Tier 6 money is pooled and shared among both tiers' winners, rounded to the nearest euro. Either way, what a tier actually paid in a particular draw is in the result The National Lottery publishes for that draw.

At 1 in 19,191,900 per line, Tier 1 is a genuine long shot; Tier 2 comes in at 1 in 4,797,975. The National Lottery's game page puts the odds of winning any prize at 1 in 4.66. Every draw is random and independent: the numbers and Dream Numbers that have come up most often in past draws are trivia with no predictive value, and no way of choosing a line changes its odds. A second line is another €2.50 entry in the same draw, and it leaves the first line's odds exactly where they were.

Two prizes paid by the month

On lottery.ie's prize table, neither of the top two prizes appears as a cash amount. Tier 1 is "the capital sum to be used to acquire an Annuity paying €20,000 per month for 30 years", and Tier 2 is worded the same way for an annuity paying €2,000 per month for five years. Put plainly, the prize is the money that buys the annuity, and the annuity is what makes the monthly payments.

The National Lottery has also given the totals in its own announcements. It has described the top prize as worth €7.2 million, "paid in monthly tax-free payments of €20,000 spread over 30 years", and its launch prize table listed the second as €2,000 per month for five years, or €120,000.

In Ireland, lottery prizes are tax-free. The EuroDreams rules describe each monthly payment as tax-free under the tax rules that applied when EuroDreams went on sale in Ireland, and add that this tax status is liable to change. None of this is tax advice: Revenue or a qualified tax adviser can speak to an individual case.

Two footnotes under lottery.ie's table bear on the prizes as well. One says the Tier 1 prize "will be increased for Boosted Annuity Prize Draws" and points to EuroDreams Events on lottery.ie for those draws. The other reads "Prize limits apply" and refers to the game rules, published on the same page.

The rules spell those limits out. If a draw has more than three Tier 1 winners, the Tier 1 money is limited to the equivalent of three Tier 1 prizes and shared equally; with more than twelve Tier 2 winners, the Tier 2 total is limited to €1,440,000 and shared the same way. In either case the prize is paid as a lump sum and the winners aren't required to take an annuity. Otherwise, unless the rules provide for it, neither top prize is available as a cash lump sum or cash alternative: the capital sum goes to the annuity provider on the winner's behalf, and once the annuity contract is set up it can't be changed, surrendered or cashed in.

The rules also recognise only one individual winner for each Tier 1 or Tier 2 prize, and say that for this reason EuroDreams is not suitable for syndicate or group play.

Ninety days from the draw

EuroDreams prizes have a claim period of 90 days, and The National Lottery counts it from the draw itself: "Ticket holders have 90 days from the date of the draw to claim their prize."

Questions about a claim go to The National Lottery's claims team, on 1800 666 222 or at [email protected].

Everything above describes EuroDreams as it stood in early October 2026. Prices, prize tables and odds can change, so if you're reading this much later, lottery.ie's current EuroDreams page is the one to go by.

If gambling has stopped feeling fun, free and confidential support is available day and night from GamblingCare.ie on 1800 936 725.

Always confirm winning numbers, prize amounts, and deadlines with the official operator before acting on a ticket — the operator's published results are the only ones that count.

Sources

• The National Lottery (Ireland) · 20 October 2023 · The National Lottery announce launch of EuroDreams · The National Lottery's EuroDreams launch announcement

• The National Lottery (Ireland) · viewed 4 October 2026 · How to Play EuroDreams · EuroDreams game information, prize table and FAQ on lottery.ie

• Premier Lotteries Ireland DAC · Issue 3, dated 29 September 2025 (linked from lottery.ie, viewed 4 October 2026) · EuroDreams Rules · Premier Lotteries Ireland's EuroDreams game rules (PDF)

• The National Lottery (Ireland) · 3 January 2025 · EuroDreams players urged to check their tickets from October draw as prize of €2,000 per month for 5 years remains unclaimed · The National Lottery's notice on the 90-day EuroDreams claim period

• lottery.fm game facts database · facts as of 5 October 2026 · EuroDreams (Ireland) — game facts · EuroDreams game facts on lottery.fm