Now, the EuroMillions top prize has been reset to its initial value and it will continue to grow until a new lucky player will match the winning numbers. This makes the jackpot grow more quickly. The same rules change also redesigned the way the money is distributed and a higher percentage of the prize fund now goes to the jackpot. The new one is €10 million bigger than the previous, until a threshold of €250 million is hit. In accordance with the recent rules change, when the cap is reached, a new cap is set.
However, in the draw of Friday 15 th October the top prize has been snapped up before the Must Be Won draw was reached. The draw of Friday 8th October was the first one to display the capped jackpot, and it could have stayed at the same value for four draws before the jackpot would have needed to be won. New Jackpot CapĪfter the SuperDraw of September 24 th pumped up the jackpot to €130 million, only a few rollovers were needed for the EuroMillions to hit its jackpot cap of €220 million. This made 7 second prize winners very happy, as they pocketed €4,608,445.70 each. He described his life after the win as a halfway between small pleasures and new problems to manage.Īs the jackpot was already capped at €220 million, the funds that normally would have been added to the jackpot went towards the next prize category down. The other French millionaire minted in December decided to remain anonymous as well, but in an interview for Le Parisien, he had a few tips for the new winner. She dreams of discovering the snow that she has never seen, but she’s also thinking about creating her own business. Her Quick Pick ticket brought her a life-changing fortune that she intends to spend traveling the world with (her) family and supporting worthy causes, especially involving children. “I was waiting for the right moment to play and, that day, I had a hunch”, she said. All we know about her is that she’s a young woman who played the lottery for the first time, but who had the feeling she will win the lottery for a long time. Our lucky Tahitian decided to keep her identity away from the public. Pretty tough competition! France is also the holder of a previous jackpot record, dating from December 2020, which was since then broken by a player from Switzerland.įrench lottery winners have the right to choose whether they want to go public with their identity or stay anonymous. On 1 st position, we find the UK with 114 jackpots and on 3 rd position, Spain with 112 jackpots. France is one of the luckiest EuroMillions countries, standing on 2 nd position for the number of jackpot winners as it is home to 113 EuroMillions jackpots to date. Voice of the Martyrs's Rou Stults adds that there is not enough awareness in the Western Church: "Many Christians in the West either deny or are ignorant of it, but persecution is part of present reality.The country where the winning ticket was purchased was announced right after the draw. "Sadly, the names of Christ's heroes and their inspired stories go largely unspoken today and their cause goes unreported in the popular press." "That question is asked in this issue and judging from the number of deaths and torture in recent years, my conclusion is, yes – and the casualties are staggering.
"Is there a global war on Christians?" he says. By stark contrast, Christof Saure, of the International Institute for Religious Freedom, puts the figure far lower at 8,000 to 9,000 a year.īut that's still too many for Michael Austin, a Christian commentator and contributor to the report. Todd Johnson, of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity, puts the number of Christians martyred annually at 100,000. The number of Catholics killed in Mexico from the late 1800s to 1930 is estimated at 107,000, while 300,000 Christians are believed to have been killed under Idi Amin in Uganda between 19.Įstimates of the number of Christians killed annually for their faith today differ massively. Another 700,000 were killed in communist China between 19. In China, at least 200,000 Christians and foreigners were killed in the Boxer Rebellion of 1898 to 1900. It puts the number of Christians systematically exterminated in Nazi Germany at a million, while the number of Orthodox Christians and others murdered in Russia between 19 at 15 million. The data, attributed to the late researcher David B Barrett, puts the number of Christians martyred since the time of Jesus at 70 million. The reports are in the latest edition of the quarterly publication and co-authored by members of Voice of the Martyrs USA.Īlthough they particularly examine the persecution of Christians in the last 300 years, they also contains figures going back through Christian history.
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Persecution and violence have accompanied the church down through the ages APĪ new article series in Christian History magazine says a "global war" is being waged against Christians.
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