US EditionGerman Finds 15mn-Euro Winning Lotto Ticket in Coat
- A man from the Frankfurt area won 15.3 million euros after finding a forgotten lottery ticket in his jacket pocket in late September 2025.
- He bought the ticket six months earlier and had not worn the jacket since March, remaining unaware of his winnings during spring and summer.
- The Lotto Hessen company ran a poster campaign to find the winner before he discovered the ticket again on the weekend and checked the numbers on his phone.
- He recalled rediscovering the ticket over the weekend tucked away in the inner pocket of his jacket and was stunned upon checking the winning numbers, saying he was fortunate to be seated at the time.
- The man intends to purchase a new sofa for the living room as his initial use of the winnings, and together with his wife, plans to allocate the majority of the money to support their children, with both having promised to keep their win confidential.
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Six months after the drawing, a family father from Hesse discovered that he had won the Lotto-6out49 jackpot over 15.3 million euros. The ticket had been in his pocket for the whole time – unnoticed and anonymously handed out, as Lotto Hessen reported. The man had submitted the ticket without a customer card and therefore was not contactable for Lotto Hessen at first. After no one reported, the lotto company started a poster campaign at the end …
German man finds €15.3m lottery ticket in coat pocket
AN EXTREMELY lucky German man from the Frankfurt area has won the eye-watering amount of €15.3 million after discovering a forgotten lottery ticket in his coat pocket, six months after he bought it. The man found the ticket once more by chance while rearranging his closet, and was “shocked” upon revising the numbers, he said to a German news outlet. Amusingly, the man had actually heard about an… Source
A resident of the German state of Hesse discovered by chance that he was the winner of 15.3 million euros. His lottery ticket had been forgotten in his jacket pocket for six months until he discovered it almost by accident.
A German man didn't know for six months that he had won 15 million euros in the lottery.
A resident of the German state of Hesse found a lottery ticket he had bought six months ago in his jacket pocket and discovered that he had won 15.3 million euros, the Hesse lottery announced, according to German media reports.
A man from Germany lived an unexpected surprise after, six months after buying a lottery ticket, he discovered that he had the winning combination. Article A Neamut has been asked for six months who is the fool who does not raise his score of EUR 15.3 million. Where the winning ticket is found, this time he first appeared in Romania TV.
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