IT turns out that Kerry people are luckier than some and not as lucky as others when it comes to winning the National Lottery Lotto jackpot.

The National Lottery have released a county by county breakdown of how many times the lottery jackpot has been won in each of the 26 counties since it began 30 years ago.

Kerry is in the bottom half of the table with 36 wins. The most is, unsurprisingly, Dublin (565), followed by Cork (172) and Galway with (92).

Comparing our tally with counties of similar population like Donegal (87) and Tipperary (50), it appears we’re coming out a bit short on winners, with less populous counties like Clare and Waterford also above us.

I suppose we’re lucky enough to live in Kerry without having to do the lotto all the time!

Lottery jackpot victories by county…

1. Dublin 565
2. Cork 172
3. Galway 92
4. Donegal 87
5. Louth 75
6. Kildare 69
7. Mayo 58
8. Limerick 57
9. Meath 54
10. Wicklow 54
11. Tippeary 50
12. Wexford 45
13. Clare 40
14. Waterford 39
15. Kerry 36
16. Westmeath 30
17. Cavan 26
18. Kilkenny 24
19. Carlow 22
20. Monaghan 22
21. Sligo 22
22. Offaly 19
23. Roscommon 19
24. Longford 13
25. Laois 13
26. Leitrim 7