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Lottery jackpot of 163 mn euros won

Unknown bettor picked 6 numbers after 200 winless draws

Redazione Ansa

(ANSA) - Rome, October 28 - An unknown bettor in the southern Calabria region picked the six winning numbers on Thursday to take the over 163.5 million euro jackpot in Italy's popular SuperEnalotto game after 200 winless draws.
    It was the second biggest jackpot ever after the 178 million euro pot won in October 2010. The winning bet was placed at the Lo Bianco tobacconist's in Vibo Valentia. On Friday evening the bettor had not yet come forward to claim the win. The tobacconist's put up a banner hailing the win and had to deal with a surge of bettors hoping to emulate the winner.
    Tobacconist Mimmo Lo Bianco said "there's been no peep from the winner, no phonecalls or written messages. "We hope, however, that he'll remember us and the huge fortune we brought him".
   

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