An Austrian winner scooped up the record-breaking €243 million EuroMillions prize money last night.
This €243 million total is unprecedented in the EuroMillions’ 21-year history.
Contrary to what was announced immediately after the draw on Friday night, when there was some initial confusion, the jackpot was finally won on Friday March 28th by a player who validated their winning ticket in Austria, according to the FDJ.
This was the biggest jackpot ever offered, just €7 million shy of the maximum amount that can be won.
The previous record jackpot, €240 million, was also won in Austria in December 2023.
In the most recent draw held on March 25th, when the jackpot stood at €217 million, no one in Europe matched all five correct numbers and the two stars needed to scoop the prize.
According to Tirage-gagnant, a website specialising in games of chance, well over 50 million tickets were expected to be bought for Friday’s draw.
Twelve countries participate in the EuroMillion lottery, held every Tuesday and Friday evening.
They are the UK, France, Monaco, Andorra, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland.
The first draw took place in 2004. After the Austrian prize winners, the biggest jackpots ever won were a €230 million win in 2022 in the United Kingdom, and a ticket validated in the French territory of Tahiti in 2021 for €220 million.
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