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Ukraine: Record Lottery Jackpot Won

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7 years ago

June 20, 2018

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One lucky Ukrainian hit 7 numbers and won 18 million Ukrainian grivnas UAH (589 313 Euros). information about the record jackpot was published on the official website of the local lottery operator. This jackpot being a record winning for Ukrainian lotteries.

So far, 8 million grinis was considered the biggest lottery winning – a jackpot was hit in December last year. The lottery of this kind is held twice a week, on Wednesday and Saturday. It can be attended by every adult Ukrainian.
It’s worth mentioning about one more recent lottery winning which could make the player 6 million UAH richer. However, a woman from Kyiv who has purchases 3 lottery tickets (each with the winning of 2 million UAH) failed to prove her rights for the winning in the court.

It appeared that there was a mistake made by the printing company. Thus, all lottery tickets of the kind were cancelled as printing defect.

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George Miller started his career in content marketing and has started working as an Editor/Content Manager for our company in 2016. George has acquired many experiences when it comes to interviews and newsworthy content becoming Head of Content in 2017. He is responsible for the news being shared on multiple websites that are part of the European Gaming Media Network.