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In the Fulda district, a lucky lottery player won almost a million euros in game 77. The initially anonymous tipper has now been found and has claimed his winnings.
Fulda – Update from April 27th, 11:42 a.m.: The lucky guy has been found: The anonymous tipper, who won almost a million euros on Game 77, contacted LOTTO Hessen and requested his winnings.
After presenting the original game receipt, which was checked at the sales point, the middle-aged man from the Fulda district can now expect his winnings to be transferred in the next few days. After two million-dollar winnings in January and February, this is “the third high winner who narrowly missed the million-dollar mark,” said LOTTO Hessen in a press release.
Lotto player from the Fulda district wins almost a million euros
In the entire previous year, a record sum of around 511 million euros went to winners in Hesse. At the same time, an average of 14,000 euros in winnings go unclaimed every week. “We are therefore always happy when anonymous tipsters are identified as quickly as possible so that we can transfer the winnings to them,” says press spokeswoman Sabine Tonscheidt.
First report from April 20th: The lotto-Player or the lottery player from the Fulda district has on scored a direct hit last Saturday (April 18th).. During the drawing, the person was the only person nationwide to hit the seven-digit winning number in game 77 and can now look forward to exactly 977,777 euros.
With the number sequence 4 6 4 1 0 8 2, the bettor was correct in the highest prize category of the additional lottery – and does not have to share the jackpot with anyone. The entire winnings go to East Hesse.
“After two million-dollar hits in January and February, our state has now won a prize of almost one million euros. The decisive factor for its redemption is the game receipt handed out at the sales point,” said Martin Blach, spokesman for the management of LOTTO Hessen.
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The winning ticket was handed in anonymously, i.e. without a customer card, at a lottery outlet in the Fulda district. LOTTO Hessen therefore does not know who landed the lucky hit. The previously unknown person must contact the lottery company and request the winnings using the game receipt.
The winner had staked a total of around 25 euros on the ticket, which was now worth almost a million euros, and in addition to the game 77, also took part in LOTTO 6aus49 and other additional lotteries.
The goal in the Fulda district is part of a remarkable series of successes. Since the beginning of the year, there have already been 32 major winnings in Hesse that have reached at least six figures, including two in the millions. Six correct numbers on LOTTO 6 out of 49 made a bettor from the Hochtaunus district a millionaire on February 11th – she collected around 1.2 million euros. Previously had On January 9th, a man from Wetterau won a prize of 1,012,843.50 euros in the European lottery Eurojackpot.
An internet tipster from the Bergstrasse district was also successful last Saturday: thanks to six correct numbers in the GlücksSpirale lottery, he can look forward to receiving money of 100,000 euros in his deposited account in just a few days.
Just recently Lotto Hessen reported record profits for the 2025 financial year at the annual press conference. The lottery company also warned of the consequences of a growing illegal gambling market.
