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Swiss resident hits Euro Millions jackpot

A Swiss citizen living in northwestern Switzerland won 75.6 million francs in the Euro Millions lottery on Tuesday night.

Published: 20 February 2013 10:56 CET
Swiss resident hits Euro Millions jackpot

The lucky winner picked the right numbers: 12, 15, 28, 30 and 44, as well as the "lucky stars" 8 and 9 to hit the jackpot.

The sum is the third largest ever collected in Switzerland.

The biggest lottery win in the country was recorded in April 25 when a Portuguese man in French-speaking Switzerland collected more than 99 million francs.

A resident in the canton of Zurich won 83.9 million francs in November 2011.

Tuesday night’s win marked the 11th time a Swiss resident has hit the jackpot in the Euro Millions Lottery.
 
Begun in 1994, Euro Millions is a European lottery that takes place twice a week on Tuesday and Friday evenings.

The lottery pools the the stakes of punters in nine participating countries, making the prizes bigger than most national lotteries.

The main prize is “rolled over” to the next draw if there is no jackpot winner, meaning prizes can rise to as high as 190 million euros, organizers say.

In addition to Switzerland, the other countries involved include Austria, Belgium, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom.

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CHRISTMAS

El Gordo: Winners across Spain celebrate Christmas lottery

The winning number for top prize in the world-famous lottery was 72897, which was called a little after noon.

Published: 22 December 2020 17:34 CET
El Gordo: Winners across Spain celebrate Christmas lottery
The winning number! Photo: AFP

Tuesday’s celebrations for Spain’s annual El Gordo were less enthusiastic than in usual years with no live audience for the draw and without the usual crowds gathering together at lottery shops were winning tickets were sold.

But Covid restrictions didn’t stop the centuries old tradition that sees children from San Ildefonso school in Madrid singing out the winning numbers in a long televised ceremony that lasts much of the day.

Across Spain people tuned in to see the draw with a prizes totalling €2.4 billion, a top jackpot of €680 million to be shared among those with the winning numbers. 

Most people buy small fractions of full tickets, with the most common purchase, a 20 euro share, offering a top prize of 400,000 euros ($490,000).

But this year sales were down an estimated 11 percent on last year, a figure blamed on the closure of bars and offices were most people club together to buy decimos.

Shares in this year’s first prize ticket, 72897, were sold by kiosks in many cities. The number was drawn at just after noon on Tuesday.

A little after 11am, the third prize had been called out: 52472. The second prize was called just over an hour later: 06095.

Here is a map of where all the Christmas lottery winning tickets were sold across Spain:

One of this year’s most sought-after numbers – 14320, to mark the country’s March 14 lockdown – won nothing.

To check your numbers go to the official page HERE.

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