Lucky contestants from Carlow and Meath on Winning Streak

National Lottery scratch card buyers from Carlow and Meath will be on Winning Streak this weekend.

Sean Dillon from Bagnenalstown, Co Carlow will join Nicholas Sherwin from Co Meath.

The other contestants are:

·         James Barron from New Ross, Co. Wexford ·         Paul Friel from Letterkenny, Co. Donegal

Meanwhile more than 130 people from all over Ireland have shared more than €4.8 million on the iconic National Lottery TV game show Winning Streak which will air its final episode of the current season tomorrow evening on RTÉ One.

The total amount won by players in the 28th series of the show is expected to top over €5 million after tomorrow night’s show, the second longest running game show in Europe which was launched almost 29 years ago.

Since it first aired on September 21st 1990 Winning Streak, which celebrated its landmark 1,000th show last February, has featured a total of 5,970 players who have shared more than €170 million in prizes between them.

RTÉ’s dynamic duo of Marty Whelan and Sinead Kennedy have been presenting the show together for five years and will, once again, guide this week’s players through the game.

Speaking ahead of the show Sinead Kennedy said: “It's nice to see the evenings get brighter and warmer but at the same time you feel a little sad that Winning Streak will be off air for the summer months.

"However we are excited for our last show and are already looking forward to coming back on air on Saturday 22nd September.”

Marty Whelan said: “It’s been a really eventful season on Winning Streak.

"The highlight has to be celebrating our 1,000th show and for a weekly show, reaching that many programmes is no mean feat.

"What makes Winning Streak unique is the stories of the five players each week which viewers can relate to and to see them winning life-changing sums of money is just amazing.”