Man Claims He Won €90M and Burned Lottery Ticket in 'Experiment'

A man who claimed to have burned his €90m-winning ticket in the Eurojackpot has admitted to Storyful his viral video was an “experiment”. In the video, he holds the winning numbers from the ticket aloft – 12, 14, 18, 38, 46 and bonus numbers 9 and 10 – while speaking about how other instant millionaires have lost their family and friends after becoming rich. He doesn’t show his face in the video and he conceals his real voice.

“I don’t want to lose my friends, my neighbors,” he says. “I don’t even know what to do with this bunch of money”.

However, when a local report said the winner had come forward, Storyful contacted the user to question him. He replied: “The video is a social experiment video and a ticket was not real. The purpose of this video was to collect information and make an analysis of behavior.” Credit: YouTube/BurnABillion