In Italy, refuse collectors found a lottery ticket worth €1 million at a rubbish tip and returned it to its owner, who had accidentally thrown it away. The search lasted more than a day after the woman learnt from a relative that her combination of numbers had turned out to be the winning one.
Briefly about the main points
- The owner threw the ticket away after the terminal made a mistake.
- A relative confirmed that the combination of numbers was the winning one.
- By that time, the waste had already been taken to the tip.
- The ticket was found and returned to its owner.
The terminal error was taken as a loss
When the machine displayed an error message, the woman assumed she hadn’t won the jackpot. In fact, the prize was too large to be paid out immediately.
Later, a relative of the woman told her that the combination of numbers had, in fact, won her the prize. She only realised this after the rubbish had been collected.
The council workers began searching for the ticket at the landfill site where the waste had been taken. After searching for more than a day, they managed to find it and return it to its owner.
