The big winners of the New Year’s Lottery will have a dream run in 2025, as on December 31, the traditional holiday game is guaranteed to give away 5 million euro winnings in the lucky five.

“The New Year’s Lottery is a historic game, intertwined with the last day of each year and the ideal beginning of the one to come. As every year, this year too, the New Year’s Lottery, the State Lottery as it is officially called, will distribute a guaranteed 5 million. euros to the lucky five. Is there a better way to welcome 2025?”reports Christos Tabakis, OPAP store owner in Pagrati.

Regarding the raffle and the grand prize, Mr. Tabakis explains: “The big draw will take place on Tuesday, December 31, at 4:00 p.m. and will be broadcast live on the OPAP YouTube channel. This will result in the First Lottery, with numbers from 1 to 100,000, in the order drawn by the lottery. This number of this particular series will win 1 million. euro. The remaining 4 lachnos, of the same quintet as that of the First Lachnos and in the same order, will also win 1 million each. euro. Thus, Pentadymos Lachnos is formed, which earns a total of 5 million. euro”.

The smallest prizes

In addition to the winnings of the lucky five, the New Year’s Lottery draw will also award smaller prizes, ranging from €100 to €150,000. At the same time, all the numbers whose last two digits are the same and in the same order as the last two digits of the First number, win 5 euros each, regardless of order.

The players of the historical game can get their lottery tickets at OPAP stores and lotteries all over Greece, at a cost of 25 euros per five and 5 euros per ticket.