Rome, Aug 23 (DPA) After going uncollected for almost eight months, the 146.9-million-euro ($209.5-million) jackpot prize in Italy's state lottery was finally won Saturday.

The winning six number combination was 10-11-27-45 -79-88.

The lucky ticket was bought in Bagnone, a town of just 1,945 residents in Tuscany, the ANSA news agency said.

The identity of lottery winners seldom becomes public in Italy, where the biggest prize won before Saturday's draw was 100.7 million euros, which went last October to the holder of a ticket bought in Sicily.

Saturday's prize topped what is believed to be the previous highest lottery win in Europe when a 25-year-old Spanish woman in May won 126 million euros.