One more lucky guy.
This Tuesday, the EuroMillions jackpot of 73 million euros was won by a Frenchman, indicates La Française des jeux to Le Parisien.
This lucky winner had checked the following combination: 23 - 31 - 37 - 42 - 48, followed by the complementary numbers 3 and 7.
Four other Europeans pocketed more than 140,000 euros for finding all the numbers and one star out of two.
Three other winners will receive nearly 45,000 euros after discovering all five numbers, but no stars.
This future millionaire joins a long list of French winners of the EuroMillions game: five of the ten biggest winnings were won in France, followed by the United Kingdom.
A statistic which can be explained by the fact that France has the largest number of players.
Records of more than 200 million euros
Although significant, this gain of 73 million euros pales in comparison to the records amassed through gambling: last December, an Austrian pocketed 240 million euros.
In 2022, a British man seized the combination which saved him 230 million euros.
The lucky recipient of this check for 73 million euros this Tuesday now has 60 days to contact the FDJ.
If he does not come forward, the sum will be put back into play by the organizing company.
Between 2020 and 2022, around 10 million euros, mainly from the Loto, EuroMillions and My Million games, were reinjected into various prize pools.
Other unclaimed winnings reach the State.
In 2020, 70 million euros were paid to the general state budget, then more than double in 2021, or 150.2 million euros.