Biggest Israel Lotto Winners Ever - Identities Hidden

About four months ago, the biggest Israel Lotto jackpot ever was won. The winning ticket was worth 74 million ILS. That works out to $20,029,780 USD. However, nobody stepped forward to claim the prize... Until today, that is.

The winners of Israel Lotto came forward to claim their prize on April 13, 2010. They are pictured here. However, their identities were hidden. They were wearing masks and their names were not released to the public. In North America (and in the UK), we are used to having the names and pictures of lottery winners released. However, in other parts of the world, privacy is important and that's usually because of safety concerns. Just check out this Jamaican lottery winner, for example; he was wearing a disguise too.

Why did it take so long for this couple to claim the Israel lotto jackpot? They didn't even know that they had won. The lotto ticket was stashed at the bottom of a pile of papers. Finally, they got around to checking it and realized that they had matched all of the numbers.

So what do the unidentified couple plan to do with their winnings? They said that they had no idea what they would do. However, they did plan to give some of it to charity.

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