Italy's record 125-million-dollar lottery prize has a winner
Submitted by Anna Tomova on Fri, 10/24/2008 - 07:47.
The largest lottery prize in Italy's history - over 100 million euros (125 million dollars) - has been won after a string of 77 weeks in a row without a winner, reports said Friday.
The winning ticket was bought in Catania in eastern Sicily.
The largest jackpot won so far in Europe was 180 million euros in the EuroMillions draw, while the United States holds the all-time world lottery record with the Mega Millions jackpot of 290 million euros.
The Italian winning numbers were 7-20-21-74-75-81. dpa
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