EuroMillions awards the winner from Vizcaya a $162 million jackpot.

The sweetest rain of millions is enjoyed today by the Biscay town of Derio. This Friday, the EuroMillions lottery paid out a total of 162 million to a player who had his ticket sealed in the Basque municipality. This is the second largest prize awarded in the history of the draw in Spain.

According to the state lottery and betting website, the ticket was verified through the official Internet channel by the administration of building number 2 Herriko Plaza, which is located in the Amancio Gozokiak confectionery. There were forged these amazing numbers that no one will ever forget: the combinations 04, 08, 16, 17 and 20. Together with the stars 01 and 06. These numbers were worth this Friday’s mega-million dollar prize of 162,256,512 euros.

This is the second largest jackpot in the history of this lottery in Spain and even exceeds this season’s budget. The amount exceeds, for example, the budget for this season of almost a dozen First Division football clubs. The largest jackpot won by EuroMillions was in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in 2017, when 190 million was awarded to one winner.

Second most important prize

Derio’s prize now becomes the second largest prize in the EuroMillions draw, surpassing the 144 million that was awarded to the municipality of Mayorga in Valladolid in 2020. In Europe, the largest jackpot was recorded more than two years ago; most notably in July 2022, when a player from the UK managed to win a jackpot of €230 million.

This small store in Derio is a mixed lottery outlet. They send a tenth of the same as a bag of candy. There they distribute the sweetest luck. They’ve given away Gordo twice in the Christmas Lottery already, in the 2012 and 2018 draws. They lose tenths because they bet on a wide variety of numbers to increase their chances of success.

The second prize from Bonoloto in 2022 and the third prize from Loteria del Niño in 2021 also went to the same administration. Those in charge boast that they arrived at this “tiny place” with “pride.” “They come here for sweets and for the lottery, for hope. “This is a loyal clientele,” they explained several times.

Friday afternoon also left Spain’s winner in the second category. It was in Armunia, in Leon, where the player confirmed a ticket that won a prize of 94,700 euros. Moreover, the additional draw in El Millon left the same figure in Leganes in Madrid.