Player from the Siegen region in North Rhine-Westphalia wins 60 million euros
Two players share the winnings (symbolic image)
Source: dpa/Bernd Weißbrod
Two players or betting pools have won the Euro jackpot worth 120 million. The profits go to North Rhine-Westphalia and Slovenia. The winner from North Rhine-Westphalia is 42 years old and comes from the Siegen region.
ELotto players from North Rhine-Westphalia and a player or a betting pool from Slovenia have won the Eurojackpot worth 120 million euros. With the winning numbers 2, 3, 6, 15, 35 and the two Euro numbers 1 and 3, the correct numbers appeared on two betting slips after twelve draws without a main prize, as Westlotto announced on Tuesday after the draw in Helsinki. The lucky ones can now share the winnings.
The winner from North Rhine-Westphalia is 42 years old and lives near Siegen, a spokesman for Lotto24 said in the evening. The man had redeemed his betting slip at this internet provider.
So far there have been two German lottery players who have secured 120 million. One winner came from Schleswig-Holstein (June 2023) and one from Berlin (November 2022). The first winnings of over 120 million euros went to Denmark in July 2022. More is not possible, because the European lottery with 19 participating countries is capped at 120 million euros. Every additional euro played flows into the next prize category.
In the second prize category, six participants were each able to win 3,443,196.40 euros. The sum went once to Hesse, once to North Rhine-Westphalia, twice to the Czech Republic and twice to Poland. In the third prize category, 626,148.40 euros went to a total of three players, one each from North Rhine-Westphalia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
The probability of winning the Eurojackpot is 1 in 140 million.