Waste workers help find binned €1m lottery ticket in Italy
Summary
A man in southern Italy accidentally threw away a lottery ticket worth €1 million because the shop told him the prize was "non-payable." Waste workers found the ticket after a two-day search through a large amount of trash collected by a bin lorry.Key Facts
- The incident happened in Bitonto, southern Italy.
- The player discarded the ticket after being told the prize could not be paid at the shop.
- The winner's family noticed his usual numbers had been drawn, prompting the search.
- The bin lorry had collected the ticket with other trash, but the load was not yet taken to landfill because it was a Sunday.
- Waste workers searched for two days and found the intact winning ticket inside a damaged bag.
- The winner signed a declaration agreeing to pay for the cost of the recovery operation.
- The waste company’s director described the event as "miraculous."
- The waste workers involved jokingly bought a scratch card and won €50.
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