A German man who won 9.1 million euro on the lottery, has donated his entire winnings to charity.

The unnamed man from Dortmund was the only player to pick the six correct numbers in the draw earlier this year.

He now says he plans to donate the money (roughly 6 million dollars) to Germany's needy by setting up a charitable foundation.

Elmar Banfaste, spokesman for the West-Lotto company said: "He was simply afraid of the sudden wealth and now says he wants to use his good luck for a worthy purpose."

The man, said to be in his 50s, had the entire country waiting with baited breath earlier in the year when he failed to contact West-Lotto until just before the collection deadline.

The company had thought the winner was unaware of his luck and had launched a nationwide poster campaign to find the winning ticket holder.