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Three years after the mega win, a lottery winner and her husband died.
Where the millions went is unknown.
Aargau – The dream of a big lottery win, which can change your life overnight, fascinates people all over the world.
A service employee from Aargau in Switzerland managed to hit the jackpot in October 2018.
For other lucky people, winning millions in the lottery was the beginning of the end of their relationship.
Lotto winners died of cancer: Where are the 192 million euros?
In the “EuroMillions” lottery she cracked the mega jackpot of around 184 million francs – the equivalent of 192 million euros.
But she couldn't enjoy her new wealth for very long.
The German-born woman died of cancer in 2021, just three years after winning the lottery, at the age of just 50.
And her husband, who had been appointed as the main heir, also died the following year.
This was reported by the Swiss newspaper
Blick
.
The couple had no children.
And so the question arose: What happens to the 192 million euros from the lottery win?
According to media reports, some of it went to several of the waitress's siblings living in Germany.
After the husband's death, it initially remained unclear to whom the remaining assets would go.
According to a friend of the deceased man, he also has siblings in Germany.
“They will probably receive a part,” he speculated, according to the newspaper, immediately after the death of the lottery winner’s husband.
The millionaire winner only experienced wealth for three years.
© Felix Kästle / Martin Ruetschi / dpa
One thing is certain: the community of Aargau, where the lottery winner and her husband lived, benefited from the fortune.
Thanks to the additional tax revenue of 23.7 million francs that the profit generated, the community was able to consider new projects and plan investments.
Including urgently needed rooms for students.
Millions in tax money from lottery winnings: This is what the municipality is planning
Aargau can put the millions to good use.
The president of the community explained that they had more and more children locally and therefore needed more space for their school education.
According to the Swiss newspaper, a new school building may even be built.
The mayor further explains that they will “commemorate” the lottery winner as part of the construction.
So far, the money has mainly been put aside.
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A lottery is purely a game of chance: with “EuroMillions,” for example, the chance of winning is one in 140,000,000.
Nevertheless, there are some people who have learned a strategy - including a man from Hamburg who hit the jackpot shortly afterwards.
According to Eurojackpot statistics, there are winning numbers that occur more frequently.
However, the data comes from the past, which does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about future figures.
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