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Top Italian lottery prize is won
by Babel-Fish | August 23, 2009 at 04:18 am
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A winner has been found in Italy's massive state lottery draw - described as Europe's biggest-ever jackpot.
The winning Superenalotto ticket - worth 146.9m euros (£128.3m; $211.8m) - was bought in a coffee bar in Bagnone, a Tuscan village of 2,000 people.
There had been no winner since January, leading to mounting lottery fever, with people from around Europe travelling to Italy to buy tickets.
Since the start of the year, punters had spent well over $2bn on tickets.
Saturday's draw was 10, 11, 27, 45, 79, 88. A jackpot-winning combination had not emerged for 87 consecutive draws.
Wow all for a two euro stake....




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