Status: 26.12.2023, 19:01 PM
By: Erik Scharf
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A lottery player from Hesse receives a special gift for Christmas: almost two million euros. But he's not the only lucky one.
Wiesbaden – A lottery player from Hesse could hardly have given himself a better gift. While millions of other tipsters from all over Europe hoped in vain for the premature gift-giving, the Eurojackpot player from Hesse was now popping the champagne corks.
Because: The Hessian lottery player can look forward to a win in the millions at Christmas. The lucky guy from the Lahn-Dill district cracked the second prize category of the Eurojackpot with six out of seven required numbers and will receive about 1.98 million euros for it, as Lotto Hessen announced in Wiesbaden on Saturday. He shares the class 2 prize, which is worth around four million euros, with another winner from Spain.
A Eurojackpot player from Hesse pops the champagne corks shortly before Christmas. © Markus Gann/Imago
Lotto in Hesse: More million-dollar winnings than ever before
This marks the 20th million-dollar win in Hesse in 2023, according to Lotto Hessen. "There has not been a higher number of lottery millionaires in Hesse since the introduction of the euro," it was announced. The previous high had been recorded with 19 wins in 2021.
Previously, a lottery player from the district of Kassel had won 2.2 million euros on St. Nicholas Eve. According to Lotto Hessen, the largest amount paid out so far in Hesse went to a winner in the Rhine-Main area. At the end of September, he had to share the jackpot of the 45aus6 lottery, endowed with 49 million euros, with a player from Lower Saxony and received a sum of 22.5 million euros.
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