Romanias Loto 649 jackpot hits record 6.64m as Greek news site tops 1.2m daily users

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On Thursday, 25 June 2026, Romania’s Loteria Română opened a record €6.64 million jackpot in the midday draw of Loto 6/49, the highest single-game prize ever offered in the country’s lottery history. The draw, broadcast live at 13:00 local time from Bucharest, follows Sunday’s 21 June session, when the operator paid out more than 24,450 prizes totalling over 3.74 million lei (€750,000) across all games.
The €6.64 million jackpot in Loto 6/49 is the result of a €6.64 million rollover that has accumulated since the last top prize was won on 18 June. Loteria Română confirmed that the same draw will also feature the €1.39 million rollover in Noroc, the country’s most popular scratch-card-style game, as well as the weekly prizes for Joker, Noroc Plus, Loto 5/40 and Super Noroc.
Across the border in Greece, the independent media monitor Protothema reported that its website attracted 1.2 million unique users on Wednesday, 24 June, maintaining its position as the country’s most-read digital news outlet for the 12th consecutive month. The surge in traffic coincides with the final week of the UEFA Euro 2026 tournament, which has driven record engagement across European sports desks.
In Brussels, the European Parliament announced an embargoed media briefing for accredited journalists on Tuesday, 30 June at 10:00, to present the results of the latest Eurobarometer survey on public attitudes toward the EU and its policy priorities. The briefing, scheduled ahead of the summer recess, will be held in the European Parliament’s press room and is open to representatives of all member-state outlets.
Meanwhile, the Hungarian digital media landscape contracted further on Thursday as two independent news portals, Propeller and Nuus, ceased publishing without prior notice. The closures bring the total number of Hungarian news sites shut in recent weeks to four, underscoring the accelerating consolidation in Central Europe’s digital news market.
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