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New Year's Eve sensation: 24 million winnings at Lotto BW in one day!
On New Year's Eve 2025, Lotto Baden-Württemberg recorded a record number of million-dollar winnings of over 4.8 million euros.
New Year's Eve sensation: 24 million winnings at Lotto BW in one day!
The first day of the new year 2026 brings a breath of fresh air and amazed faces, especially for the lucky winners of the Lotto Baden-Württemberg New Year's Eve lottery. Last New Year's Eve, December 31, 2025, twelve tickets were drawn, each of which brought the lucky holders one million euros. This is a record: there have never been so many million-dollar winnings in one day in the history of Lotto Baden-Württemberg. Informed about this Tagesschau.de.
In addition, twelve other lots were able to win prizes of 100,000 euros each. A total of 4.8 million euros in winnings were distributed in the year-end lottery. The great luck of the draw attracted many people, so that a total of three million tickets were sold for the prize competition, each for ten euros. Managing director Paul Nemeth expressed his enthusiasm about the increased interest and record profits.
A unique experience
The winning numbers were drawn under notary supervision at the lottery headquarters in Stuttgart. The participating players who bought their tickets online at lotto-bw.de will be automatically informed about possible winnings. The winning numbers can also be viewed online and in the individual collection points, so that everyone can immediately check whether they are one of the lucky winners.
The high sales figure of three million tickets shows how popular the New Year's Eve lottery is. Not just a few, but a whole lot of people take part in such special gambling events, which can also be seen in the current statistics. Loud Statista Around seven million German citizens regularly play the lottery, with almost 21 million trying their luck occasionally.
A touch of excitement in the new year
Especially at the end of the year, many players have to bet on the most exciting numbers. For many, the appeal lies in daring to make a new start with the tickets. In the best case scenario, you can fulfill not just one dream with one lottery ticket, but several. Given the traditionally popular participation in the lotteries, you can see that online participation in particular is constantly increasing. In recent years, Lotto24 reported a turnover of over 88 million euros in 2020, an increase that underlines the popularity of online lotteries.
A look back at the lottery years shows that a total of 187 people became lottery millionaires in 2022. This makes Germany, and especially the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, one of the strongholds of gambling. In North Rhine-Westphalia, 45 lottery millionaires were crowned in the same year.
So it remains to be seen how much luck the new year can bring. Will there be more records? At the moment, New Year's lottery winners are looking forward to a new phase of life with unimagined opportunities that can turn a whole year of dreams into a tangible piece of reality. And one thing is certain: Lotto Baden-Württemberg will continue to be exciting in the future. Information about the current prizes and upcoming draws can be found at any time on the Lotto BW website Zeit.de shows.