One of the biggest Loto wins of this year 2022 was won in Sarthe on the evening of September 3. This jackpot was hit by a player from the town of Ecommoy who became the 2nd biggest winner in the department.
La Française des jeux has lifted the veil on the lucky woman who hit the huge Loto jackpot on September 3, 2022. This occasional player Sarthoise has received his gain of 16 million euros, officially becoming the second biggest winner in the Sarthe department. Zoom on this new beautiful story of a Loto winner.
Loto: a player wins €16 million at Ecommoy
On the evening of September 3, 2022she was the only one to tick on her Loto grid the following numbers: 24 32 35 38 44 and the lucky number 6. Among the millions of grids that have been played, it is on her that luck fell to find this combination which had only one chance out of more than 19 million of being drawn.
Occasional player for only a few months, it’s only in the Saturday draws that this new multimillionaire ticks her Loto gates, and it was very good for her to continue her ritual from the start of the school year! As for the numbers that have been played, they are always identical and come from a randomly generated combination a few months ago. (cf. use our Loto flash grid generation tool to do the same).
I went around my table 15 times, for no reason other than my joy!
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Sitting on her sofa with the television on in the background, the Lotto draw takes place without this player even paying attention to it.
It was only at the end of the draw when Iris Mittenaerethe presenter of TF1 of the day announces that a winning grid has been played in the department of Sarthe. Amused by the announcement, this player finally took her game receipt and offered herself a 2nd version of the draw which she watched in replay. What was her surprise when she recognized on the screen the 6 correct numbers she had just ticked earlier in the day! Between cries and tears, it is in love with strong emotions that she has to turn 15x around her table, for no reason, except perhaps that of winning 16 million euros!
It was with her best friend that this new winner confided in her next wealth. After a richly animated and celebrated evening, the winning game receipt was placed inside a piece of furniture in a special hiding place made for the occasion.
My projects: convert myself to a passion job and allow me to travel 3 to 4 months a year!
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With her new fortune of 16 million euros, this winner from Sarthe, who wished to remain completely anonymous, will convert to exercise a profession of passion. Also, on the sidelines of this retraining, this lucky woman wants to take 3 to 4 months of vacation each year in order to enjoy her time, her wealth and simply her life!
2nd biggest wins in the Sarthe
With this jackpot won in the Sarthe, the department has one of the biggest jackpots in its history. Although very far from reaching the historic record of 42 million euros won in the village of Lude on July 16, 2010, this kitty of 16 million euros goes directly to the second step of the podium for the biggest jackpots won.
Below, find the list of the biggest FDJ wins in the Sarthe department associated with the up-to-date cartography.
- €42,218,533: jackpot won at Le Lude in July 2010.
- €16,000,000: jackpot won in Sarthe at Ecommoy on September 3, 2022.
- €15,000,000: a jackpot won for the Big Christmas Lotto of December 24, 2019.
- €13,414,228: at Euromillions, 13.1 million euros were won at Cérans-Foulletourtre in 2012.
- 12.000.051 € : on July 7, 2021, 12 million euros were won at Le Mans.