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November 24, 2009  •  Almeria, Andalucia, Lead2  •  1 Comments

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AN Almeria man will now always check his pockets before putting his clothes in the washing machine.

For he came close to agonisingly missing out on a life-changing lottery win after forgetting to take his winning ticket out of his slack pockets.

His ONCE ticket worth 25,000 euros was reduced to three small pieces of pulp after enduring a full cycle.

However, the High Court in Madrid stepped in and spared his blushes after ruling that there was sufficient evidence to prove he was once the owner of the winning ticket.

A tiny piece sporting the ONCE colours of green and yellow with the letters ‘ON’ was deemed to be sufficient proof that he had bought the lucky ticket.

The court also took into account the testimony of the Benahadux shop owner who sold the ticket.

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sophia

December 25th, 2009 7:11 pm

lets hope that he gave the shop owner at least 10%!!!





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The Olive Press is the English language newspaper for Andalucia. Local news from Costa del Sol and inland Andalucia plus national news from around Spain. A campaigning, community newspaper, the Olive Press represents the huge and growing expatriate community in southern Spain - 29,000 copies printed monthly with an estimated readership, including the website, of more than 170,000 people a month.