A Polish player from Krotoszyński Province won PLN 213 million in the Eurojackpot. The news was provided by the President of the Management Board of Totalizator Sportowy, Olgierd Cieślik. This is the highest win in random bets in Poland.
Eurojackpot is a transnational European lottery launched in March 2012. As of September 15, 2017, the countries participating in the lottery are Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden. The goal is to match 5 correct numbers out of 50 plus another 2 supplementary numbers out of another 12. Although the odds of winning the jackpot are 1:140,000,000, a resident of Krotoszyński Province won PLN 213 million a few days ago!
Kolejna główna wygrana w grze Eurojackpot w Polsce Gracz z woj. wielkopolskiego wygrał 213 000 000 PLN. Gratulacje! #WygrywamyRazem#Eurojackpot @totalizator_sp pic.twitter.com/zRzZ3Bbzno
— Olgierd Cieslik (@CieslikOlgierd) August 12, 2022
Eurojackpot winner by coutry:
Croatia 2
Czech republic 2
Denmark 9
Estonia 0
Finland 21
Germany 56
Hungary 3
Iceland 0
Italy 3
Latvia 0
Lithuania 1
Netherlands 2
Norway 6
Poland 5
Slovakia 1
Slovenia 3
Spain 5
Sweden 6 (en.wikipedia.org)
Under the Polish law, the winner must pay tax in the amount of 10% of the winning amount which in this case amounts to PLN 21 million.