New Year’s Eve has passed, and while some of us celebrated in crazy parties or just by sitting at home enjoying family gathering, some people were lucky to win a jackpot! It looks winning the New Year’s Lottery is a part of the New Year’s resolutions for them!

New York Lottery

The 2019 New Year’s Lottery jackpot in New York worth around $425 million. It was the first drawing of the year 2019 and the report says there were 7 other players that won $1 million each after matching the 5 numbers. The $425 million jackpot was the 8 largest winning amounts of its history. The lucky winner may choose to have cash options of $254.6 million. The winning numbers that are drawn are 34, 44, 57, 62, 70 and 14 for the Mega Ball. Participants can purchase the winning ticket at one of the local ticket counters in Brookville Auto Service. To play Mega Million players should match 6 numbers from two separate pools drawn.

EuroMillions

A couple from Country Down; Frances and a businessman, Patrick Connoly, also won £115m from EuroMillions Jackpot on the 1st January 2019. This is one of the biggest lottery jackpots in its history. Unlike some of the winners, the couple chose to go public and held a press conference. They announced that they would share the jackpot with almost fifty relatives and friends. Frances stated that it is the best chance to do something to make difference for their relatives and friends.

Frances who works as a teacher told Patrick to buy the ticket, and he did it. Patrick bought the ticket online on 1st January and chose lucky dip options. The couple plays the lottery occasionally and had never won more than £10 in value. They did not expect to win anything and thought that they got scammed when seeing the result. The couple said they would use share some parts of their winning with the St Francis FC, a community football club in Hartlepool.