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Lottery winnings worth millionsUnited Kingdom (winning EuroMillions - 117 million euros)The lucky owner of the lottery ticket "Euro Millions" from United Kingdom hit the Jackpot of 117 million euro. This incredible lottery win is considered the third massive win in the history of the lottery games of the British Isles... The name of the lucky man has not yet been announced, but it is quite clear that the winner of the lottery will enter the top 1000 the richest people in the UK. The combination of winning lottery numbers was 18, 26, 34, 38, 42 and two additional digits 5 and 8. As you know, the largest lottery win in the UK was Jackpot of 180 million euro won in 2011 by Colin Chris Weier. Well, what can you say; the dwellers of the British Isles are appallingly lucky in the lottery. After all, only in the past two years in the UK recorded 15 million winnings. 9 countries of Europe organize the Euro Millions lottery: United Kingdom, Spain, Ireland, Portugal, Luxembourg, France, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland. The residents of other countries can also take part in the lottery game EuroMillions. Lottery tickets can be purchased online.  France (win in EuroMillions - 162 million euros) The record of the lottery winnings in France was beaten by a Normandy resident. According to the association Francaise des Jeux, the lucky Norman hit an impressive Jackpot of €162 million playing the lottery EuroMillions. To receive lottery winnings, a player within 60 days must provide his lucky lottery ticket as a confirmation. From an interview with Brigitte Roth, representative of the lottery association Francaise des Jeux, it became known that the victorious Norman is on the 250th place in the list of the richest inhabitants of France. The previous record in the lottery EuroMillions belonged simultaneously to 15 lottery players. The prize Jackpot was 100 million euros and was successfully divided in equal shares between the winners. The EuroMillions lottery attracts about 200 million people who live in France, UK, Belgium and other European countries. And only 16 million players out of 200 play the lottery at least once a week. US (winning in Mega Millions - $107 million) Not so long ago the Jackpot for the amount of 107 million dollars pleasantly surprised a 26-year-old Brian McCarthy. This very discreet guy who reacted quite calmly to the win, turned out to be the son of a well-known millionaire. According to Bryan, he purchased the lottery ticket in a simple grocery store in Virginia. Deciding in jest to test his luck, Brian bought a lottery ticket, completely unaware of his incredible luck. As Ukra News writes, twice a millionaire will be able to receive a lottery winning with a single payment. The amount of winnings for all tax deductions is about 68 million dollars. His Jackpot Brian McCartney will spend on buying a BMW car - M3, and for the rest of the money will go on a trip. As you know, the lottery game "Mega Millions" is held in 41 US states, in the Virgin Islands and in the District of Columbia. According to lenta.ru, March 2011 was crowned with a huge win in the lottery "Mega Millions". Purchased in the state of New York, a lottery ticket brought his lucky owner a $319 million. Scotland (winnings in the Euro Millions - 185 million euro) The next Jackpot in the amount of 185 million euro was reached in the lottery EuroMillions. The winners of the impressive prize were the Scottish couple Chris and Colin Weir. Weir couple was included in the list of the richest people in the UK. The lucky couple was unbelievably fortunate, because they guessed 5 main numbers and 2 additional ones, which is quite rare in the lottery game. Colleen and Chris can not be called as keen gamers in the lottery, but still the cherished dream of a big win made them to buy some lottery tickets from time to time. For several years Weirs were out of work because of some health problems and therefore a large lottery winnings in the EuroMillions, came at the right time. At a press conference the head of the family Chris Weir shared his plans for the future with local journalists. According to Chris, they will spend their money they won, apart from purchase of a new house and car, on the long-awaited journey to exotic countries of the world. The Weir family did not hide its lottery winnings from public attention and allowed the press to disclose information about itself. The newspaper "Sunday Times" reported that the Scottish couple ranked 432nd in the list of famous wealthy UK. Weirs managed to get ahead in the rating of some the richest people, like the wife of one of the Russian oligarchs Irina Abramovich.Last year also brought to the residents of the United Kingdom two major winnings in the lottery EuroMillions, the sums of winnings were 113 and 85 million euro. Unfortunately, the winners of these lottery Jackpots chose to remain anonymous. USA (winning in Mega Millions - 380 million dollars) Not one but two winners claiming a multi-million-lottery winning from Mega Millions. They are Holly Lahti from Idaho and a married couple from Washington. Each of the winners won half the lottery Jackpot of the total amount of 380 million dollars. This massive Jackpot is recognized as one of the biggest wins in US history. According to the information agency ABC NEWS, it became known that owners of multi-million lottery winnings preferred not to spread personal information about them, deciding that they will limit themselves only to data on the state of residence. But nevertheless, intrusive journalists managed to uncover some information about one of the lottery winners. US citizen Holly Lahti lives in the town of Moyie Springs (North Idaho). Holly is the single mother raising two of her babies. Before the lottery win, Holly worked in a local bank as an ordinary clerk and did not suspect that luck would one day be on her side. Her lottery ticket Lahti purchased at a car wash, which after the lottery win successfully received 50,000 dollars for the sale of a lucky ticket. Italy (winning in Lotteria Italia - 5 million euros) According to local media, a resident of the Italian city of Sicily won a lottery prize of 5 million euros. In search of work, the future winner of the lottery came to the north-Italian city of Genoa. The unemployed Sicilian is also the father of three children. His lucky lottery ticket he bought in one of the bars of Genoa. After the lottery draw the owner of the bar Edoardo Bertorello received an unexpected fax, with words of gratitude from the former unemployed father of three and the newly-made millionaire in one person. Also, Bertorello told reporters that after receiving the fax, the winner of the lottery prize called him personally in order to thank him again for the luck he had brought. The owner of the bar, in return wished the winner of the lottery prize to keep himself in hand and not lose his head from big money, to which the winner replied: "I have no right to lose my head, because I am a happy father of three beautiful children." By the way, the owner of the bar was also pleased with the win of a father of the big family no less than the winner himself, because according to the rules of the lottery game, the place or organization that sold the winning ticket has the full right to receive 2% of the total winnings. For your information, the national Lotteria Italia has been operating since 1957. Often you can hear that this lottery is also called the New Year's lottery, although the raffle is usually held on January 6 or 7. Each raffle of this lottery is usually broadcast on TV Rai in the format of a lottery show. This lottery season was marked in Italy by 9.6 million lottery tickets sold and 91 prizes were drawn.  
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