French lottery 'winner' went on huge spending spree only to realize she had wrong number

Comment #31

sully16 — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 11:21:48 GMT

oops.

Comment #30

AbsolutelyFun — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 11:23:07 GMT

She sounds like an absolute Genius! I wish that I was her friend and she took me shopping with her...LOL No but seriously, that was major stupid.

Comment #29

Groppo — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 23:15:09 GMT

I NEVER said or implied any such doggone thing.

I meant that she could probably have sought part-time employment with

the help of the ministry of labor, where men are likely to frequent:

not necessarily even in the country of France not necessarily as a waitress hustling watered-down drinks, in a topless cafe not necessarily in a club frequented by drunken and disappointed husbands

Comment #28

Groppo — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 22:51:12 GMT

Any individual belonging to the Brainless Buffoon Bureau.

Comment #27

Groppo — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 20:55:06 GMT

Yeah, seriously.

And no, it's not sexist.

And no offense to your decent folks out there, who may be from France, and moved to the U.S.A. for a better life. AND THE BEST LOTTO!

________________

OK Now

Comment #26

Groppo — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 20:35:38 GMT

That's the same thing I said, one Halloween, when a person dressed as a king of clubs, another dressed a queen of something, another as a jack of something, and an Ace.

They ran right in front of me and I said that they weren't playing with a full deck! Everyone around at that point started laughing.

True story. No lie.

Comment #25

Candlelight777 — Sun, 13 Mar 2016 23:48:57 GMT

Not even sure how to respond to this story...seriously who does that

Comment #24

Goteki54 — Sun, 13 Mar 2016 11:29:56 GMT

Since Hollywood is lacking in the creativity department these days, this story would make for a great comedy film

Comment #23

HoLeeKau — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 15:05:57 GMT

EuroMillions Prize Amounts and Statistics

Match % Prize Fund[1] Odds of Winning Lowest Ever Prize Amount[2] Highest Ever Prize Amount[2] Average Prize Amount Per Draw Lowest Ever Winners Highest Ever Winners Average Winners Per Draw

5 + 2[3] 32% 1 in 116,531,800 7,500,000.00 190,000,000.00 47,176,110.12 0 3 0.3

5 + 1 4.8% 1 in 6,473,989 59,326.40 4,576,070.50 467,610.28 0 24 4.8

5 + 0 1.6% 1 in 3,236,995 6,663.20 833,543.70 81,634.94 0 50 10

4 + 2 0.8% 1 in 517,920 940.90... [ More ]

Comment #22

pantherestates — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 05:21:58 GMT

She knew she didn't win! she got the lotto fever and tried to fry that chicken before she even caught it

Comment #21

dr65 — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 15:39:57 GMT

I agree.

Comment #20

HaveABall — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 04:30:05 GMT

, Saylorgirl, groppo's comment didn't even make sense. Rather absurd, as if, groppo believes that human females are THINGS ... similar to tissues, chickens, or forks.

Comment #19

MillionsWanted — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 16:20:54 GMT

Probably because they bought their ticket while using a registered player card. The numbers on the ticket and the owner of the ticket will be stored on a computer belonging to the lottery company. That way they can automatically transfer the money to her account a couple of days after the drawing(not sure if the french lottery company do that).

Comment #18

Saylorgirl — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 15:49:54 GMT

Seriously!? That is a sexist, degrading comment

Comment #17

Groppo — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 13:43:38 GMT

She can always make men happy to recoup some of her losses.

Comment #16

Groppo — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 13:30:37 GMT

OK, well, it seems there was a blonde who walked into her doctor's office with a complaint of hurting everywhere on here body.

Surprised at this, the doctor asks her to point to a few such painful places on her body.

So, whe points to her arm, her stomach, her face. . . .

The doctor's diagnosis? Your finger's broken.

Comment #15

Raven62 — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 13:19:33 GMT

Stupid is as stupid does.

Stupide est aussi stupide ne.

Comment #14

music* — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 13:15:24 GMT

A good lesson for all lottery players. Mercy me

Comment #13

Slick Nick — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 12:56:44 GMT

Well it's evident she made a mistake, and a big one at that! At least the court and the merchants appear to be fair with her.

Comment #12

plumsage — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 12:26:36 GMT

Ruh Roh

Comment #11

hearsetrax — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 09:57:32 GMT

( insert blonde joke

Comment #10

myturn — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 07:59:13 GMT

This French chick is not playing with a full deck

Comment #9

myturn — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 07:52:14 GMT

Trust, but Verify

Comment #8

KY Floyd — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 06:59:52 GMT

Good point, but that's not the only thing that doesn't make sense.

Why were they surprised that there was no word or check in sight from Euro Millions ? How did they expect Euro millions to even know about it? Did she mail them the ticket? If so, how did the husband get his hands on the ticket in order to find out that it wasn't a jackpot winner? She couldn't have gone in person, for all sorts of reasons.

I think the odds are extremely high that the woman's a fruitcake, and I wouldn't be s... [ More ]

Comment #7

HaveABall — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 06:32:49 GMT

, whiteballz, you've made an excellent point

Comment #6

Groppo — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 05:26:13 GMT

To the French lady:

Eura peein' your money away.

(get it? Eura peein

Comment #5

savagegoose — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 04:25:37 GMT

Oh mon Dieu

Comment #4

whiteballz — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 04:06:14 GMT

Eventually, the woman's husband got his hands on the ticket and checked the numbers. He discovered to his horror that one of the digits failed to match and informed his wife.

Not enough details. So she was one number away from winning the jackpot?? Not sure how the Euro Millions lottery works but in the US matching 5 numbers without the mega number in the Mega Millions lottery will net you well over $4,400. That's more than enough money to cover her debt.

Doesn't Euro Millions give any pr... [ More ]

Comment #3

ohiopick3 — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 02:59:11 GMT

Oh, well. Hope she can pay them back.

Comment #2

mypiemaster — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 01:46:36 GMT

Umm, aren't you supposed to wait till the check clears your bank before you go spending? At least make sure you actually won, dumb dumb.

Comment #1

Shelby Mustang — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 01:36:17 GMT

Talking about counting your chickens before they hatch. Wow

French lottery 'winner' went on huge spending spree only to realize she had wrong number

Lottery Post — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 01:14:35 GMT

A Frenchwoman who went on a huge spending spree after winning the Euro Millions lottery was ordered to pay the huge tab back after belatedly discovering that she had got the wrong the number.

The 46-year-old, whose identity was not disclosed in the French media, believed she had won a massive jackpot. Within hours, and over the course of three weeks in February and March 2014, she issued a series of checks spending on perfumes, jewellery, clothes and ornaments to celebrate her good fortune.