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| Top Italian lottery prize is won | Top Italian lottery prize is won |
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| A winner has been found in Italy's massive state lottery draw - described as Europe's biggest-ever jackpot. | |
| The winning Superenalotto ticket - worth 146.9m euros (£128.3m; $211.8m) - was bought in a coffee bar in Bagnone, a Tuscan village of 2,000 people. | The winning Superenalotto ticket - worth 146.9m euros (£128.3m; $211.8m) - was bought in a coffee bar in Bagnone, a Tuscan village of 2,000 people. |
| There had been no winner since January, leading to mounting lottery fever, with people from around Europe travelling to Italy to buy tickets. | There had been no winner since January, leading to mounting lottery fever, with people from around Europe travelling to Italy to buy tickets. |
| Since the start of the year, punters had spent well over $2bn on tickets. | Since the start of the year, punters had spent well over $2bn on tickets. |
| Saturday's draw was 10, 11, 27, 45, 79, 88. A jackpot-winning combination had not emerged for 87 consecutive draws. | Saturday's draw was 10, 11, 27, 45, 79, 88. A jackpot-winning combination had not emerged for 87 consecutive draws. |
| The BBC's Mark Duff in Italy says the economic crisis has added to the lottery's attraction, as many workers face grim prospects on their return home from the summer holiday. | The BBC's Mark Duff in Italy says the economic crisis has added to the lottery's attraction, as many workers face grim prospects on their return home from the summer holiday. |
| Italy's state news agency Ansa said the unnamed winner had spent just two euros on the ticket. | Italy's state news agency Ansa said the unnamed winner had spent just two euros on the ticket. |
| Our correspondents says there is one other winner - the Italian treasury has kept about half the money gambled on the national lottery. | Our correspondents says there is one other winner - the Italian treasury has kept about half the money gambled on the national lottery. |