Occasional Player wins 50 million

World January 4, 2016 19:35

- He had accidentally get some little money in his pocket, hit his hand a cross and won the second highest price in the history of the German lottery. A man from near Cologne Monday yielded his winning ticket in which he won Friday the Euro Jackpot of 50 million euros.

According to organizer Westlotto he was overjoyed with the colossal amount.
The jackpot of 49 685 851.50 euros thanked lucky to 14.50 euros in coins that he carried with him. He came up with the idea to play sometime more rows than usual, reported the lottery organizer. That was his luck; in the sixth row he crossed when only the numbers 11, 14, 44 and 45 at.
The Euro Jackpot is a European lottery in seventeen participating countries, including the Netherlands. The odds of winning the jackpot are about 1 in 95 million.