One lucky gambler won Europe'sbiggest-ever jackpot today, pocketing nearly €66 millioneuros and ending an almost six-month Italianlottery drought.
The winning ticket of the Super Enalotto was bought in a bar in thenorthern Italian town of Veduggio con Colzano, near Milan.
The day before the six-number draw, ticket sales in Italyhad been up 25 per cent from a week ago as lottery fever reachedfever pitch after 44 draws without a winner.
The mania reached overseas too with foreigners roping inItaly-based friends to buy tickets on their behalf or evencrossing the border in buses to hazard a shot at the riches.
Italians love playing numbers in local lotteries all overthe country, including many illegal numbers rackets in thesouth.
The Super Enalotto ticket requires a minimum investment ofone euro, with the chances of winning about one in 622 million.