German finds 15mn-euro winning lotto ticket in coat | International

FRANKFURT, Germany, Sept 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A German man has won 15.3million euros ($18 million) in the lottery after discovering a forgottenticket in his coat pocket six months after he bought it. The father from the Frankfurt area had remained oblivious to his winnings allspring and summer despite a poster campaign to find him, the Lotto Hessencompany said Monday. But with the weather turning chilly in Germany, the man reached for a jackethe had not worn since March -- to discover the ticket in his pocket. "It wasn't until the weekend that I found the ticket again, folded up in theinside pocket of my jacket," the unidentified man was quoted as saying in astatement by Lotto Hessen. "When I...