On Monday, the winner of the category I prize in the Joker drawing of March 14 collected his prize worth 29.133 million lei (over 5.86 million euros), according to Agerpres.
At the Joker drawing on March 14, a prize of millions was won, archive photo
The Romanian Lottery announced in a statement that the man from Cluj-Napoca presented himself, on Monday, at the headquarters of the Romanian Lottery in Bucharest and collected his winnings.
According to the press release, this is the second largest win in the history of this game. In addition to the first category prize, the holder of the lucky ticket also won two second category prizes, worth 111,943.19 lei (over 22,500 euros) each.
The new millionaire declared that luck can also come in a simple version, the important thing is that, when you play, you do it responsibly. He also said that the winning numbers have a personal meaning and he has been playing them for 10 years.
“You have to play responsibly, luck also comes with a simple version. I wish success to all players!”, was the winner's message to all Lotto players.
The man wanted to remain anonymous, so all that is known about him is that he is from Cluj-Napoca, he works as an engineer and, as he stated, the fact that the numbers he has been playing every time for so long have brought him such a big profit, it took him completely by surprise, but it also brought him great joy.
