Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'English · 3 days ago

Thieves used a stolen card to buy a $523,000 lottery ticket. The victim wants to share the winnings

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Thieves used a stolen card to buy a $523,000 lottery ticket. The victim wants to share the winnings

Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'English · 3 days ago

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Thieves used a stolen card to buy a winning French lottery ticket worth 500,000 euros or $523,000. But they vanished before cashing in.

You mean all the winnings, right?

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Couldn’t the lottery operators refuse to pay at all on the basis of the purchase not being legal?

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