In this article we are going to learn about the story of an Irish man who formed a syndicate and tried to power buy the Irish Lotto. We’re also going to discover how to view the Irish Lotto results and all of the official Irish Lotto winning numbers.

An audacious scheme to "buy" the Irish Lotto

On May 30, 1992, a committed group of gamblers prepared and executed a scheme to “buy” the Saturday night Irish Lotto jackpot valuing at a whopping prize of £1,706,046 along with ancillary prizes in the UK.

Stefan Klincewicz, the genius behind the 21-member syndicate of investors organized the scheme months and weeks leading up to the 8pm Lotto draw on May 30, 1992.

The jackpot had rolled over for two weeks and the prize money was estimated at £1.7m for the winner. Equally, if not more important, was a move, later interpreted as a "blunder" by the National Lottery, to award a £100 special prize to all holders of Match 4 numbers. These are some of the factors which lead Klincewicz to go ahead with his scheme. 

Stefan Klincewicz, Cork-born, from a Polish descent, worked as a accountant. He worked as much as he could three days leading up to the drawings to administer the filling out of 243,474 lottery tickets and save up the £973,896 in cash required to purchase every possible combination to hit the jackpot. This strategy not only meant that the syndicate was guaranteed to win the main prize but also assure the tier 3, 4, and 5 prizes as well.

As the plan took action, by Wednesday, people started to spot that terminals, which had originally taken in €1,000 in Lotto coupons for the weekly Saturday jackpot,were abruptly receiving takings of £10,000 and more. This immediately increased suspicions at the Lottery's headquarters on Abbey Street, Dublin. On Friday afternoon news came out saying:  "The National Lottery: Change in conditions of Lotto Contract under Section 32. Credit limit = 200% of an agent's 10 week average Lotto sales."

Lotto bosses didn’t want newsagents to allow large amounts of coupons when their normal business was a fraction of these amounts. However, rumours started spreading that that some newsagents had started pulling down the shutters of their shops to appear closed - while inside, syndicate members worked day and night adding numerous amounts of coupons into their machines to achieve every possible combination through.

As a result of this, the National Lottery began shutting down some of these machines. A competitive nature developed between the syndicate and the headquarters of the National Lottery.

Stefan Klincewicz, with the help of Paddy Mulligan who was the the owner of Scruffy Murphy's bar, had created a 10-man syndicate in the pub. Using Klincewicz "system", they generated a massive Lotto jackpot of £2,439,760 in April 1990.

Using his accounting brain, the pair used “brute force” and mathematic strategies to bulk buy lotto tickets. By the time of the drawing, they had profitably bought roughly £820,000 worth of tickets. This accounted for about 80% of the possible combinations.

When the results were draw, the syndicate had a winning ticket, however, there were 2 other winning tickets. This resulted in the prize money to be shared out. After dividing the winnings 3 ways, each winner only received £568,682 which meant the syndicate was left with a loss of £400,000.

Nonetheless, they also won the the tier 4 and tier 5 prizes which brought their total winnings to about £1,166,000. This resulted Stefan Klincewicz to obtain a profit of roughly £310,000 before expenses. Additionally, some syndicate members had hedged their bets outside their 21-member syndicate.

When the pair claimed their winnings on June 5, the clash between the National Lottery and the syndicates became greater. National Lottery officials called Stefan Klincewicz and  Paddy Mulligan for a private meeting and asked them to get all 21-members of syndicates to sign a letter of immunity to National Lottery, claiming that they were part of the syndicate before any kind of payment is made. By signing this immunity letter, if there is any legal complication, the syndicate would assume responsible instead of the National Lottery.

It was a success as the the syndicate got its pay-out. However, it is not known whether they made a profit or not. After the pairs scheme occurred, the National Lottery raised the pool of numbers and imposed a mid-week draw in order to make it much more expensive and thus more difficult to prevent a recurrence.

Stefan Klincewicz, who is now located in Rathfarnham, Dublin, is still aiming for another big win – this time with more conventional methods. He is syndicate manager at Megalotto - which has plans on winning the Euromillions in the future.

Become the next Irish Lotto winner with Lottoland

Do you want to be the next big lottery winner? Well, did you know that you are almost 4x more likely to win the Irish National Lotto than the UK National Lotto jackpot!? When you bet on Irish Lotto at Lottoland you pay the same £2 price as you would if you played the UK Lotto but because you only need to match 6 numbers from 47 rather than 6 numbers from 59 your odds of scooping the jackpot are much higher.

One of the most popular Irish Lotto winners, other than Mr Klincewicz, was 50-year-old Mr Logan from the Northeast who cashed in £5.1million, making him the largest Irish Lotto winner in the UK.

To become the next winner, all you have to do is visit Lottoland and simply choose 6 numbers from 1–47, or you can select the QuickPick (Quick+1) option on the Irish Lotto. You can then view the Irish Lotto results and see if you’ve hit the jackpot.
You can also bet on the Irish Lotto Plus 1 and Irish Lotto Plus 2 draws by ticking the Irish Lotto + box located directly under the main game slip. The same numbers you selected in the main game will be used for your bet on the Plus 1 and Plus 2 draws.

Just a little reminder – you have to be 18 or over to bet, and Lottoland is not affiliated with the official Irish National Lottery or its operator Premier Lotteries Ireland. However, your chances and jackpot prizes remain the same, and you get to bet from the UK. A win-win situation.  

Goodluck!