and by Sahar Adatia.
There's no denying that winning the jackpot on a lottery
ticket is something just about all of us dream of.
Indeed, the prospect of being able to afford extravagant
waterfront mansions, magnificent trips around the world, private
jets and yachts, is all too alluring - and it's no wonder many
of us regularly try our luck on mega lottery games.
But with the chances of winning so painfully low, now, it seems
there's another way that people are trying to get their hands
on the prize.
And worryingly, this involves blatant, ruthless theft.
This was the very scenario that unfolded with a tobacco shop
owner from Naples in September 2021, who was stopped from boarding
a flight out to the Canary Islands by Italian border police after
he allegedly stole a winning scratch card ticket from a
customer.
