Four beggars received 50,000 euros with a gifted scratchcard. (Representative Image)
Four homeless individuals received large after a scratchcard handed to them by a charitable gambler drew 50,000 euros ($59,000), French lottery operator FDJ mentioned Tuesday.
The 4 males of their thirties had been begging exterior a lottery store within the western port metropolis of Brest when a departing buyer handed them a scratchcard bought for one euro.
“What a surprise for the four young men when they discovered a win not of five euros, but of 50,000 euros,” the operator mentioned in a press release.
The 4 divvied up the windfall equally, FDJ mentioned.
“They were dumbfounded, but lucid,” a spokesperson instructed AFP, including the quartet appeared to don’t have any quick plans for the cash, besides to go away city shortly.
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