Vikinglotto Winners
The biggest Vikinglotto jackpot ever won was €44 million, which was split between two winning tickets in 2016. In 2017, a jackpot cap of €35 million was introduced, meaning that this record amount is unlikely to be surpassed. The jackpot cap was lowered to €25 million in June 2021 when further changes were made to the game. Once the jackpot reaches this cap, any additional funds from ticket sales are diverted to the prize tier below, which is also capped at €25 million.
Top 10 Biggest Vikinglotto Winners
Below are the ten biggest ever Vikinglotto winners across all participating countries:
Before the jackpot cap was introduced, two tickets - one from Norway and one from Denmark - split the biggest prize in the lottery’s history. Both matched the six main Vikinglotto numbers as well as the international Lucky Number to win €22 million each. The Norwegian ticket, which was owned by a Cooperative Bank of ten players, also matched the Norwegian Lucky Number to win an additional 100 million kroner (€10 million). The Lucky Number pots were replaced by the Viking number in 2017.
In November 2017, a woman from Oslo won the second-biggest prize ever seen in Vikinglotto and the third-biggest lottery prize ever won in Norway. No one had won the jackpot since 14th June that year, so it had rolled over for nearly six months before it was won.
A Norwegian man was the sole winner of the third-biggest prize in the lottery's history, but he told officials at providers Norsk Tipping that he vowed to continue working despite the windfall.
An Elsinore man became Denmark’s largest Vikinglotto winner on January 29, 2020 — without even realizing he was in the running. As a regular subscriber, he assumed his tickets were only for the Saturday Lotto. The stunned winner plans to stay grounded despite the windfall, using the prize to purchase new homes for both himself and his parents.
A woman from Eastern Norway woke up to a wonderful surprise on Christmas Eve when she discovered that she had become one of the country’s biggest-ever winners in the previous night’s draw. She originally intended to buy a regular Lotto ticket but missed the deadline, so she purchased a five-week Vikinglotto coupon instead.
A man from Troms in Norway matched all six main numbers, as well as the international Lucky Number pot and Norwegian Lucky Number pot. This jackpot would stand as the record amount won on a single ticket for nearly four and a half years.
Following a 2021 rule change, the jackpot was capped at €25 million. After sitting at this maximum for over two months (from June 7 to August 18), the prize was finally claimed by a Danish player who won 158 million kr. The winning ticket—a 10-row "lightning game"—was purchased from a retailer in North Jutland's Hjørring Municipality.
A woman from Østlandet, Norway, became 287 million kroner richer when she hit the jackpot in this draw. She initially thought that she had won 287,000 kroner before her husband corrected her. Two other Norwegians won 11.7 million kroner in the same draw after matching all six main numbers without the Viking number.
A young man from Eastern Norway declared himself ‘completely overwhelmed’ after winning this huge prize, adding that he would treat his whole family to a holiday. Remarkably, this Vikinglotto win came one day after another Norwegian won a record €120 million on Eurojackpot.
A Cooperative Bank of ten Norwegian players split the top prize to take home over €2 million each. The winners were from all over the country, from Trondheim to Akershus, but they entered separately online and did not know each other personally. You can learn more about Cooperative Banks on our Systems page.