A Berliner was happy about the highest lottery win in history last year: With a whopping 120 million euros, a Eurojackpot player from the federal capital received the highest lottery win ever distributed in Germany, according to the German Lottery and Totoblock (DLTB). Wednesday in Hanover. Altogether there were 10 new lottery millionaires in Berlin last year. In Brandenburg there were 6 lucky winners who won millions, in Saxony-Anhalt 3 and in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 2.
Nationwide, 187 lucky people became lottery millionaires last year. Most of the millions in profits flowed into the most populous state of North Rhine-Westphalia (45), followed by Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg (31 each) and Lower Saxony (15). A total of 7.97 billion euros was spent on lotteries last year – a slight increase of 0.9 percent compared to 2021. (dpa)
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