No winners of Grand Lottery jackpot after nine months

Nine months after it was first drawn and two months since its relaunch, will someone finally claim the Grand Lottery jackpot – Malta’s highest ever national prize at €1.45 million – tonight? Lotto receivers certainly hope so, as an instant millionaire will help change the perception among some punters that Maltco’s flagship game is impossible to win. The Grand Lottery was introduced with much fanfare last March and was initially played every two months with a ticket priceof €10. In September, Maltco relaunched the game with a €3 ticket and weekly draws in the hope that it would capture the public’s imagination with its huge jackpots. But a walk around Valletta yesterday afternoon seemed to suggest it had failed to take off in the way Maltco had hoped. More in the Times of Malta and the e-paper on timesofmalta.com Premium.