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Turkey: Nearly $13.5M lottery prize divided 4 ways

Turkey’s grand New Year lottery in 2019 divided into 4 with quarter ticket emerging from draw

Cuneyt Kemal Ozkok  | 31.12.2019 - Update : 01.01.2020
Turkey: Nearly $13.5M lottery prize divided 4 ways

ANKARA

The prize money of Turkey's 2019 grand New Year lottery was divided into four on Tuesday evening after a quarter ticket emerged from the draw.

An official from the state-organized lottery told Anadolu Agency that the prize of 80 million Turkish liras ($13.4 million) had been won by ticket 1358490, with four lucky winners to share the sum.

The winners are from the provinces of Istanbul, Izmir, Bursa and Gaziantep.

The special draw for the new year was also announced, with the eight-million-Turkish-lira ($1.3 million) jackpot won by ticket 9976216.

*Writing by Havva Kara Aydin

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