Rome - Italy's state lottery 146.9-million-euro (209.5-million-dollar) jackpot prize was won Saturday, after going uncollected for almost eight months. The winning six number combination was 10 - 11 - 27 - 45 - 79 - 88.
It was not immediately clear where the winning ticket was bought.
The identity of lottery winners seldom become public in Italy, where the biggest prize won before Saturday's draw was 100.7 million euros, which went last October to the holder of a ticket bought in Sicily.
Saturday's prize topped what is believed to be the previous highest lottery win in Europe when a 25-year-old Spanish woman in May won 126 million-euros.
