Nothing is known about the identity of the new millionaire or where he or she comes from.
According to the National Lottery, he/she has won 142,433,804 euros. The winning numbers were 2, 8, 13, 29 and 49 and the stars 2 and 11.
Second time
It is the second time in three months that a Belgian has won the jackpot. At the beginning of autumn, a compatriot won 130 million euros.
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In February of this year, a Belgian player also won the Euromillions jackpot, which amounted to 52 million euros. In September 2024, a fellow countryman made off with 149 million euros, the third highest amount in the history of the draw game in Belgium.
In 2017, a Belgian won 153 million euros, after a year earlier a street sweeper from Schaarbeek won a record amount of 168 million euros.
What should you do if you win the jackpot?
Anyone who wins a huge amount at Euromillions can initially take his or her ticket to the newsagent. The note is validated there, but only asterisks appear on the screen. For amounts exceeding 25,000 euros, the winnings are not shown, the National Lottery emphasizes.
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The winner then calls the telephone number that appears on the screen. That is the number of the Winners’ Guidance Unit, which invites you to Brussels. There, the winning ticket is validated again – in a plain office, no bells and whistles – and it is checked whether it is indeed a grade 1 win.
You then receive the enormous amount – in Belgium all lottery tickets are tax exempt – in your account, a handshake and a bottle of champagne. From then on you can officially call yourself a millionaire.