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A lottery ticket for Eurojackpot
Photo: Fabian Sommer / dpa
A participant in the European lottery Eurojackpot can look forward to a special Christmas present: As the West German Lottery announced, an as yet unknown person 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 from the Dortmund area reported immediately - players have three years to do this, otherwise the winnings will be forfeited.
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.
atb / AFP
