REPORT. Back to Olmen, where 143 million euros fell this year: “A new Porsche? They are too shy for that here”

In a year that is not the happiest in history books, Sinterklaas provided a festive note. With the help of EuroMillions, he dropped 143 million euros on 6 December over Olmen, a petite little village known to us. “How are things there in the Beverly Hills of the Kempen?” Olmenaars – many dozens of whom are suddenly 866,000 euros richer – are told. “Pretty much nothing has changed that lotto pot.” Or so they want us to believe…

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