One of the Belgians who won a million euros in the 21 January draw for the “Shower of Millionaires” action, presented this week with her winning game ticket at the offices of the National Lottery in Brussels, said the latter on Friday in a press release. Originally from Walloon Brabant, the lucky winner, “aged 35 to 44”, admits to playing games of chance “occasionally”. She had bet the minimum amount of 2.5 euros in a bookstore in Louvain-la-Neuve.
The mysterious winner sought by the National Lottery since January 21 has finally come forward. The eight new Belgian millionaires are now known. “It’s about five women and three men. Three of these eight lucky ones come from Wallonia: two from the province of Hainaut and one from Walloon Brabant, therefore. In Flanders, the fate has been favorable to players from almost all the Flemish provinces: two in the province of Antwerp, one in Limburg, one in East Flanders and, finally, the province of West Flanders also has a new EuroMillions millionaire,” details the National Lottery. If the Brabant had seen a first call from the National Lottery in the press, she had not really paid attention to it. She had previously checked the five numbers and the two stars on her grid, but they weren’t winning.
“It was only when the Lottery exceptionally published the winning My Bonus code that it realized that it was an additional code that one receives for free with each combination played. his great surprise that the code on his game ticket corresponded to the one mentioned in the press. A phone call made to the National Lottery winners’ support unit then quickly brought him confirmation”, emphasizes the National Lottery. As part of the “Shower of Millionaires” action, 100 winners of 1,000,000 euros were drawn – in addition to the Jackpot – in all the countries participating in EuroMillions. Among them, eight Belgians won the jackpot.