“We looked at the ticket at least 20 times”: a retiree wins a million euros in a scratch game in the Somme

The chances of hitting the jackpot at Millionaire are quite low. There are only four winning tickets per series, which represents a one in 1.5 million chance. However, luck struck a weekend regular at a PMU tobacco bar in Ault, in the Somme. The man won the jackpot of one million euros on March 31, reports l’Éclaireur.

Several checks were necessary before the winner really realized what had just happened to him. “We looked at the ticket at least 20 times,” assure the managers of this tobacco bar, who specify that this is the biggest gain ever since they took over this business in 2018.

Several winners in Seine-Maritime

The PMU regular started playing Millionaire only a month ago, after hearing that several people had won in Seine-Maritime, not far from his home. A good intuition and a winning bet therefore. The new millionaire has no big plans planned for the moment. Above all, he will “enjoy and help his children”, reports the bar owner.

As if this victory had brought them luck, the owners of PMU confide that several winnings were won in the days following this victory: 500 euros in the Cash scratch game and more than 1200 euros at Parions Sport.

La Française des jeux (FDJ) estimates that the scratch games which offer the greatest chance of winning are Fetish Number (1 chance in 3.53 of winning a prize of between 1 and 1000 euros), Astro (1 chance in 3, 14 to win between 2 and 25,000 euros) and Cash (1 in 3.83 chance of winning one of the winnings ranging from 5 to 500,000 euros).