The jackpot of Italy's national lottery¹ has reached almost 116m euros ($166m), after no-one got the correct six numbers in Tuesday night's draw.

星期二晚上无人猜中正确的六位数，意大利国家彩票头奖金额已经达到1160万欧元。

The new lottery jackpot of more than $166m breaks Italian records

The new prize breaks Italian records and is the second-highest ever offered in Europe.

No-one has hit the jackpot（赢得大笔钱） in the SuperEnalotto game since January.

Ahead of Tuesday's draw, people from neighbouring countries crossed the border to join Italians in placing bets on the winning combination of numbers.

Mathematicians² estimate that the chances of guessing the correct six numbers are 622m-1.

The European lottery（彩票） jackpot record of $181m (£107m) was set in Spain last year.

Sicilian scheme

A Sicilian mayor who bet local officials' salaries on Tuesday night's draw in the hope of resolving his town's cash-flow problems will be disappointed not to have won the jackpot.

Ficarra Mayor Basilio Ridolfo and his colleagues stumped³ up 115 euros from their pay packet（工资，薪水） to buy tickets.

Before the draw, Mr Ridolfo told Ansa news agency that they chose numbers which were connected with the town's patron saint（保护圣徒，守护神）, the Virgin⁴ Mary of the Assumption.

If Ficarra had struck it lucky, Mr Ridolfo said half of the winnings would be spent on municipal（市的，市政的） projects while the rest would be divided between the town's 2,000 residents.

He also said the chances of winning Tuesday's draw were higher than those of receiving funds pledged by the state.