Overview
- The win became national news on Friday after the local Bocholt Borkener Volksblatt first reported it and SKL confirmed the result.
- Hermann Starting, a 71-year-old lawyer from Rhede, bought a regular SKL ticket and was picked as one of 20 finalists for a Regensburg show.
- He advanced through three rounds before host Jörg Pilawa pressed the button that produced the number 2, which secured the €1 million prize.
- Starting says he will share part of the money with his closest family and plans a cruise along Norway’s coast, with no big lifestyle changes.
- Hendrik Wüst has not commented on the family windfall, and coverage notes that SKL lottery prizes in Germany are tax-free and decided in televised finals drawn from ticket buyers.