Record lottery jackpot of over EUR 5.6 million to coastal city of Kokkola
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The all-time-high rollover jackpot of the Finnish national lottery, or Lotto as it is known, found a single lucky recipient in the coastal city of Kokkola in Western Finland.
The winner gets to enjoy over EUR 5.6 million.
The winning ticket, with five lines of lucky dip numbers randomly picked by the online machine, had cost the purchaser EUR 3.50.
Oy Veikkaus Ab, the Finnish national lottery and pools company, will only reveal the more precise location of the purchase if the winner agrees to it.
For the record, Sunday's winning numbers in Round 45 were 5, 11, 17, 22, 24, 34, and 35. The bonus numbers were 10, 13, and 33.
The record-breaking jackpot attracted the Finns to spend EUR 16.6 million on a total of 24 million lines of Lotto numbers purchased.
Because of the All Saints weekend the Lotto draw had been moved from its customary Saturday night slot to Sunday evening.
The previous record jackpots were from 2002, when a lottery ticket bought in Nurmijärvi won EUR 4.5 million, while a ticket sold in Vaasa produced a win of EUR 4.2 million.
Helsingin Sanomat
