Two million euros are certainly not petty money, such a figure absolutely can change your life and so it was for a lucky worker from Vicenza who, with great disbelief, found himself in front of a winning ticket.
The tobacconist is also incredulous, double check and then the surprise
Upon verification the winner he didn't believe his eyes so he asked the tobacconist to check him too to ascertain that things were actually like this.
He didn't believe his eyes. He checked the ticket twice and so did I when he handed it to me, because it's something you don't see every day.
The tobacconist on Viale Verona in Vicenza
After the two checks, the confirmation: the ticket is a winner.
Please tell me I'm retiring
Who is the winner of the Scratch Card
A 50-year-old man, like anyone else, a worker married with three children. Here is the identity of the winner whose life changed this win.
The ticket was purchased on Saturday 12 November but the news started circulating a couple of days later. Incredulous, he immediately embraced his wife in a rush of joy.
A well-known man in the village also known by the owner. One of the biggest winnings register with scratch cards
It is the highest win ever made in this tobacconist and, we believe, one of the most important in the whole city. Such big winnings are rare
The Scratch and Win "The Billionaire Maxi": how it works and what are the odds of winning
The one scratched by the winner was a scratch card from the “Il Miliardario Maxi” series, one of the most common.
Each coupon costs 20 € and offers winnings ranging from € 20 to € 5 million.
How to play "The Billionaire Maxi"
There are 3 fields to scratch:
- The "Winning Numbers", which are located in the upper middle part with the symbol of a coin
- The "Maxi Bonuses", immediately above the "Winning Numbers" which determine the bonuses to be applied. They are recognized because they are marked with "X2" "X5" "X10"
- And finally the “Your numbers” area at the bottom, recognizable by the banknote-shaped icons
How to win at "Il Miliardario Maxi"
Once the fields have been scratched, simply check the winnings, there are three possibilities:
- If in "Your numbers" there are one or more times the "Winning numbers" then it is sufficient to add the values of the prizes that correspond to the numbers in question
- If in "Your numbers" there is one of the numbers of the MAXI BONUS area, then the prize of the corresponding number must be multiplied by the multiplier, then by 2, by 5 or by 10 depending on where the number is located
- Finally, if there is a symbol in "Your numbers" then:
- If the symbol is a STAR, then you win € 100
- If the symbol is a HORSESHOE, then you win € 200
- If the symbol is that of the EURO, then you win € 500
- If the symbol is an INGOT, then all the prizes in the "Your numbers" area are won.
What are the prizes? How much can you win?
The prizes to be won range from € 20 up to 5 million euros, but there are many prizes available.
Here are which ones:
- 20€
- 40€
- 100€
- 200€
- 500€
- 1000€
- 10.000€
- 50.000€
- 100.000€
- 2.000.000€
- 5.000.000€
What are the odds of winning scratch cards?
The probability of finding a winning ticket, with a payout equal to or greater than the stake, is 1 in 7.45, while the probability of winning the maximum prize is 1 of 9.360.000.
The probability of winning by "earning" something, or the $ 40 payout, is of 1 in 15.
While there are 4 tickets, out of 37.440.000, those with a win of 2 million euros, as much as the lucky player won.
