- For the draw on Tuesday, there were more than 27 million entries.
- The final jackpot was €142,897,164.
- A Gloucester-based British couple won £184 million months earlier.
In the EuroMillions lottery, 165 residents of a village in Belgium have won more than €143 million (£123 million) altogether.
Olmen residents in the province of Antwerp contributed equally to a pot in order to purchase tickets from their neighbourhood newsstand.
According to the Belgian National Lottery, each of them received about €868,000 (£748,000).
For the draw on Tuesday, there were more than 27 million entries.
The final jackpot, according to EuroMillions, was €142,897,164 (£123,492,872).
Group wins are common in Belgium, according to Joke Vermoere, a National Lottery spokesperson, but this is the biggest group win in history.
On Wednesday, some of the winners heard the news while Ms. Vermoere was at the newsstand. She claimed that the reactions they had ranged from stoicism to elation.
The victory, in her words, was “the best Christmas present.”
According to the newsagent owner, who has been running group pots like this for years, he had to tell his customers they had won “five to six times” before they could believe it.
The winners’ identities have not been made public.
The largest EuroMillions jackpot ever was won in July by a single player from the UK, who took home £195 million.
A Gloucester-based British couple won £184 million months earlier.
Nine nations in Europe participate in the EuroMillions jackpot: Belgium, France, United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Austria, Switzerland, and Luxembourg.
On Tuesday, the lucky numbers were 12, 20, 25, 26, and 27, with Lucky Stars eight and twelve.
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