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Ulm in lottery fever: Unknown winner wins over 1.6 million!
An anonymous lottery winner from Ulm receives 1.6 million euros. October 2025 brings happy moments for lottery players in Baden-Württemberg.
Ulm in lottery fever: Unknown winner wins over 1.6 million!
A big hit for an unknown player from Ulm: he won over 1.6 million euros in the “6aus49” lottery draw last Wednesday. More precisely, this is a profit of 1,664,452 euros, which is available tax-free. Despite the enormous sum, the winner remains anonymous and shrouds his happiness in mysterious silence. The numbers drawn that helped him win the money were 4, 14, 19, 26, 35 and 40. However, he was missing the super number to win the main prize. As always, to collect your prize you must present a valid game receipt, which can be redeemed at any acceptance point in Baden-Württemberg or directly at the Lotto BW headquarters in Stuttgart Schwäbische.de reports.
October seems to be particularly favorable for lottery players in Baden-Württemberg, as five million-dollar winnings have already been recorded since the beginning of the month. In order to look at these incredible winnings realistically, it is worth taking a look at the winning probabilities. The chances of winning in the second prize tier are around 1 in 15.5 million - not exactly a walk in the park! Mathematician and lottery expert Norbert Herrmann describes the chances of winning visually by comparing how unlikely it is to pick a single hair out of 100,000 random hairs. There is also the opinion that players will have their “turn” at some point, but in reality every tip has the same probability of winning, regardless of previous moves, as ING.de explains.
The most popular lottery years
And what about lottery winners in general? In 2023, nearly 200 new lottery millionaires emerged, and the number of players is around 6.57 million. Even if the probability of winning is low, the number of lucky people who win this jackpot is increasing. Enormous sums of money have been achieved over the last few years. The highest win to date in Germany was won by a single player on January 10, 2024 with a whopping 48 million euros, while the most recent jackpot winner was able to pocket an impressive 4,808,708.40 euros on October 11, 2025 Kosmo.at reports.
The payouts are constantly increasing and there have already been 20 winners who received a total of 194,363,737.70 euros. In addition, the highest jackpot of the year rose to 30,672,572.80 euros, which was split between two players. Looking at the trends of the last few years, we can see that “big wins” have increased from 100-120 per year to almost 200, which could also make 2025 a record year.
Considering all these factors, it seems clear: playing the lottery has something of a modern fairy tale - even if the probability of winning is like winning the lottery. But as the story of the unknown Ulm winner shows, even the smallest tip can bring about a big change in life.