Friday December 24th 2021
Jackpot hit on Christmas Eve
12.6 million euros go to Rhineland-Palatinate
Money blessing on Christmas: A lottery enthusiast from Rhineland-Palatinate cracks the Euro jackpot on Christmas Eve. There are more than twelve million euros as gifts.
A lucky guy from Rhineland-Palatinate won more than twelve million euros playing the lottery. As announced by the West German Lottery, a participant in the European lottery Eurojackpot won exactly 12,664,043 euros in the drawing on Christmas Eve. The ticket from Rhineland-Palatinate was the only one with the correct winning numbers 3, 17, 21, 35, 42 and the euro numbers 8 and 9.
Just last week, a player from North Rhine-Westphalia won more than 70 million euros. The woman had spontaneously given her ticket on a whim on the same day shortly before the drawing to a collection point in the Dortmund area.
Eurojackpot reform in March
The first drawing of the European lottery Eurojackpot took place on March 23, 2012 in Helsinki. 18 countries with a total of 33 state lottery companies are now taking part in the competition. Last year, the Euro Jackpot in Germany posted an increase in use of 18 percent to more than 1.47 billion euros.
The euro jackpot currently has an upper limit of 90 million euros. For this reason, the record win in the lottery in Germany is this sum. From March 2022, the cap will then be 120 million euros. At the same time, however, the probability of winning decreases, because instead of two out of ten, tipsters have to choose two out of twelve numbers for the euro numbers, as Westlotto recently announced.
In addition, there are still 5 out of 50 lucky numbers. This means that the chance of winning first place is no longer 1 in 95 million, but 1 in around 140 million – something like the 6aus49 lottery game. In addition, the draws are to take place twice a week in the future. The new rules of the game will be applied for the first time on March 25, 2022 – almost exactly ten years to the day after the first Eurojackpot drawing.