Court Rejects Washed
Lottery Ticket
A Costa Rican who
mistakenly washed a
winning lottery ticket
worth ˘60 million
colones lost a court
appeal to obtain the
prize.
The Supreme Court
rejected the appeal by
the man known only as
Urroz, who selected the
correct numbers for
second prize in the June
29 draw but later found
the remains of his
ticket in the pocket of
a pair of
recently-washed pants,
the Spanish language
daily, La Nacion daily
reported.
Lottery organizers in
September refused to pay
the prize without the
whole ticket.
The court said that no
fundamental right had
been breached in the
decision.
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