Two mega wins within hours - jackpots in the billions cracked

A lucky guy from Berlin hit the Eurojackpot and won 120 million euros. As the West German Lottery announced on Tuesday evening in Münster, the winner in prize category one typed the correct winning numbers 15, 17, 23, 35 and 38 as well as the Euro numbers 4 and 9. The jackpot of the lottery, in which 18 European countries are participating involved was last cracked in September.

In the USA, an even higher jackpot of the Powerball lottery of around two billion dollars had just been cracked. The winning ticket was bought in the US state of California, the organizers announced on Tuesday. The numbers on it: 10, 33, 41, 47, 56 and as an additional number 10. It is the highest jackpot sum in the history of the lottery, which has existed since 1992, according to the organizers.

If the winner, who was not initially identified, wants everything paid out in cash immediately, he does not get the total of $ 2.04 billion (equivalent to almost 2.03 billion euros) but around $ 998 million due to various deductions. However, the winner could also opt for an annual payment of partial sums.

There had previously been confusion - initially because the drawing had not taken place at the usual time. That would have been due to security checks, it said. Then it was initially said that there was no winner - before the winning ticket was announced in California.