A Belgian ticket holder in the pan-European lottery EuroMillions has just won nearly 175 million euros. According to the National Lottery the exact figure is 174,984,088 euros.
According to statistics on the lottery’s website, this is the highest amount ever won in Belgium on EuroMillions. The previous record win in Belgium was €168 million and dates back to October 2016.
EuroMillions is a lottery game offered in nine European countries, including Belgium and remarkably also the UK. The winner was the only one to select the correct combination of five numbers (2, 7, 23, 44 and 46) and two stars (3 and 5).