The highest jackpot ever distributed in a lottery draw in Europe was won by an Italian betting syndicate of 90 gamblers, who selected the six winning numbers to set a record win of more than 371 million euros (395 million dollars).
The winners, who each put up five euros and have not been identified, would receive more than four million euros.
On Thursday evening, the Superenalotto draw took place.
While Spain’s “El Gordo” Christmas lottery distributes more than 2 billion euros, it is not a jackpot that grows with each round without a winner.
Furthermore, the winnings were distributed to a large number of bettors.
In Italy’s Superenalotto, players had to choose six numbers from a range of 1 to 90.
There had been no winner since May 2021 almost 21 months.
The winnings went to punters in 16 of Italy’s 20 regions.
The jackpot world record was won in November last year when a punter in California won a Powerball draw for 2.04 billion dollars.