Someone, somewhere is Belgium is more than 142 million euro the richer today after having scooped Tuesday evening’s EuroMillions jackpot. The winning numbers in Tuesday's draw were 2, 8, 13, 29 and 49 with lucky star numbers 2 and 11 completing the winning combination.
Although a very tidy sum, Tuesday evening’s jackpot was not the biggest amount every won in Belgium.
More than 9 years ago in October 2016 someone in Belgium won 168,085,323 euro. The winner then was a street cleaner that worked for the Brussels cleansing agency Net Brussel. At the time he said that he wished to give part of his winning to a good cause.
In September someone in Belgium won 130 million euro on EuroMillions.