Lottery winner scoops 132 million euros

A French lottery player late Friday hit a whopping jackpot of 132,486,744 euros (RM524,943,000) in the nine-nation Euro Millions, the fifth-biggest jackpot ever.

The winner, who has 60 days to make himself known to organisers Francaise des Jeux, beat odds of 116,531,000 to one.

Euro Millions is played in Spain, Britain, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Ireland, Switzerland, Portugal and Austria.