Ryanair, today (15 April) announced the lucky winner of its annual ‘Win A Million’ event who walked away with a whopping €100,000 cash prize. Longstanding Ryanair customer, Laura Mereacre, visited Ryanair’s HQ in Dublin with her husband and two children to play for a life changing sum of €1m, having bought a winning €2 Ryanair charity scratch card on a flight to Portugal earlier this year.
Ms. Mereacre purchased the €2 ticket to help make a difference and support a range of Ryanair charities across Europe including Naomi House & Jacksplace in the UK, The Jack & Jill Foundation in Ireland, Make A Wish Italy, Kinderhilfe Germany, Fundação Do Gil Portugal and many more.
Ryanair’s Director of Marketing, Dara Brady said:
“We were thrilled to welcome Laura and her family to Ireland and having walked away with €100K – Ireland truly is the land of a thousand welcomes! The atmosphere was electric, and Laura had everyone gripped as she played for the big €1m prize.
Through the sale of our scratch cards – which to date has generated over €10m – Ryanair has continuously supported incredible causes across Europe. Every year our generous customers purchase Ryanair scratch cards with the aim of giving back – so make sure to grab a scratch card on your next Ryanair flight, and be in for the chance to win €1m.”
Lucky winner, Laura said:
“This has been an amazing experience that I’m delighted to be a part of. Words can’t describe how lucky and blessed I feel by this amazing opportunity. When I purchased this scratch card on a Ryanair flight to Portugal, I never imagined myself as the lucky winner of €100,000. I’m looking forward to celebrating my winnings with my family who are here with me today, my friends back home and paying off my mortgage. Who knows, I may even open my own bakery one day – a huge passion of mine!
I’m very proud to have supported Ryanair, who in turn support the great work of so many charities who work with life limited and life threatened children and young adults, as well as with their families.”
