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☆ Ukrainian refugee wins 500,000 euros in Belgian lottery
  + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
BRUSSELS, June 12 (Reuters) - A Ukrainian war refugee has won 500,000 euros ($540,000) using a scratchcard, the Belgian national lottery said on Monday. The man bought the scratchcard for 5 euros last month in a gas station, meaning his bet has been increased a hundred thousandfold. The winner, whose identity will remain unknown as is the case for all Belgian lottery winners, is between 18 and 24 years old and has been living in Brussels for the last 12 months. It is a difficult period to be happy with everything happening in his home country," said Joke Vermoere, spokesperson for the National Lottery, alluding to Russia's devastating invasion of Ukraine. Last year, 165 people from a small Belgian village won 142,897,164 euros.
Persons: Vermoere, Charlotte Van Campenhout, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: Belgian, National Lottery, Thomson Locations: BRUSSELS, Brussels, Ukraine, Belgium, Belgian
☆ A winning group! 165 Belgians share $150 mln lottery jackpot
  + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Charlotte Campenhout | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/Illustration/File PhotoDec 9 (Reuters) - Christmas came early for 165 people from the small northern Belgian village of Olmen who won 142,897,164 euros ($150.81 million) in the EuroMillions lottery this week, the biggest group win ever in Belgium. She said it was the first time in Belgium that such a big group had won this much. "Many winning customers were in disbelief at first," said storekeeper Wim Van Broekhoven who was as stunned as his wife when they heard the winning numbers. "We have had quite a few new customers since the big win, but no one in the village holds any grudges against the winners," Van Broekhoven said. EuroMillions is a draw game of the National Lottery, organised in coordination with lotteries from France, Britain, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Austria, Switzerland and Luxemburg.
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