Istanbul ticket holder wins record $13.2M jackpot in Turkish New Year’s lottery
After being drawn in the capital Ankara on Monday night, an Istanbulite hit the record $13.2M jackpot in the Turkey's New Year Lottery.
- Türkiye
- Daily Sabah
- Published Date: 12:00 | 31 December 2018
- Modified Date: 10:02 | 31 December 2018
One lucky Istanbul resident has won 70 million Turkish liras ($13.2 million) in the annual National Lottery New Year's Special, drawn on Monday night.
The winning ticket number was 7615536.
In addition to the TL 70-million-jackpot, one other ticket holder will be awarded TL 7 million, 10 will be awarded TL 1 million and 30 will win TL 100,000 bonuses.
This year's jackpot sets a record for the largest bonus won by a single ticket holder. On July 6, 2017, one lucky person gained the grand prize of TL 37.8 million (then $10.4 million).
In last year's New Year's draw, the single largest jackpot up to that point, TL 61 million, was divided among four people.