A bunch of 165 folks, belonging to a Belgian village, gained a collective jackpot of $151.18 million within the EuroMillions lottery. Belgian Nationwide Lottery, every resident gained round €868,000 ($9,17,967) within the lottery.

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The residents from Antwerp province’s Olmen had made equal funds for buying the tickets at their native newsagent as Tuesday’s draw noticed greater than 27 million entries. The prize cash of the ultimate jackpot was €142,897,164 ($15,11,83,056), mentioned EuroMillions.

Belgium has seen group successes, nevertheless, this was the largest group win ever, Nationwide Lottery’s spokesperson Joke Vermoere mentioned including, “Their reactions ranged from stoicism to euphoria.”

The spokesperson additionally mentioned that the lottery win is the “greatest Christmas current”.

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“All of them performed collectively in the identical newsagent in Olmen, the place they every invested €15. It’s not the primary time that De Pershoek organises this sort of group pot, however it’s the first time that they win a lot,” Joke Vermoere said.

Nevertheless, this isn’t the largest EuroMillions jackpot in historical past as in July an individual who performed had gained £195 million ($239.26 million).

Earlier, a British couple gained £184 million ($225.69 million) in Gloucester.

9 European international locations which embrace France, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Austria, Portugal, Belgium, Eire, Spain and Luxembourg, organise the EuroMillions jackpot.