Lottery winner

Lottery winner - The winner of 2.5 million euros, who purchased the winning ticket at the beginning of October at Bar-le-Duc in north eastern France, has still not come forward.

La Française des Jeux has launched a search to try to find the lucky one, who has until December 3rd to claim their winnings. The winning combination on October 4th was: 6 - 9 - 35 - 41 - 44 stars - 6 and 9.

No one won the EuroMillions draw on 4th October which had a 190 million euros jackpot. However, eight European players, including two French, won more than 2.5 million euros by obtaining five numbers and one star.

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