Quarter-billion jackpot at EuroMillions: What could be financed by the clumsy finance minister or Salzburg's head of state?

An Austrian wins the highest EuroMillions jackpot of all time: 250 million euros. The initial reaction remains puzzling — and provides a topic of conversation.

Created in 2004, EuroMillions is a European lottery bringing together twelve participating countries, including France, Spain, the United Kingdom and Italy. Its concept is simple: each player chooses five numbers and two stars from a predefined grid for two draws a week. This lottery offers progressive wins depending on the number of numbers found, with a jackpot that can reach peaks when nobody picks it up for several weeks. Indeed, the popular…

With the biggest lottery win ever won in Austria, the federal government could continue to finance the educational career this year, and the state of Salzburg could build the administrative stronghold at the station district without credit.