A tobacconist from Turin, with his family members, managed to invent a system to make money Lotto. He played all day, as did his relatives, until someone won something. And by dint of printing slips from morning to night, luck, by force of circumstances, had smiled on him. Bringing him winnings of 100 thousand euros too.
This is what Elisa Sola writes about Republic. The problem, apparently, is that the tobacconist would never have paid the Customs and Monopolies Agency for the tickets played. Not only that, he would never have paid, after each victory, the percentage of money owed to the State. There would be other tobacconists in Turin who would have attempted to "defraud" the system. At least two.
The Turin prosecutor's office is investigating the hypothesis of a major scam. Three days ago, on behalf of prosecutor Fabiola D'Errico, the Financial Police searched some tobacconists in Turin. The police men have so far delivered two notices of guarantee to tobacconists. Not only shops were searched, but also private homes. Looking for evidence. In one case the Green Basques found a pile of banknotes, over 30 thousand euros. Now the investigators' task is to understand whether that money is the proceeds of any crimes or whether that treasure is the regular proceeds that the shopkeeper brought home.
The investigation - which is in full swing - was born from the complaint by the Customs and Monopolies Agency. There was something that didn't add up in the games management's accounts. There were too many shortages from Turin, in particular from some tobacconists. Too many unpaid tickets. And then those winnings, with parcels of money not sent. So a complaint was sent from Rome and the Turin prosecutor's office began to investigate, discovering that, at least in one case, there was an entire family who, for months, had been playing madly, winning too often.
At first the investigators thought it was a stroke of genius, that someone had discovered the trick to hitting the box office. A mathematical method, a combination of calculations, was also thought of. A stroke of true genius. Then, by investigating and observing the suspects, the simplest reality emerged. At least in the case of one of the tobacconists under investigation. He won because he played compulsively. Instead of selling them to customers, he cut out dozens of slips. Actually, hundreds. “He Played” all day. However, he did not claim to do so, thinking that no one would find out. Perhaps in the throes of the desire to win. Yet the tobacconist, when he prints the cards of the lotto, and then handles them, has the role of a public official. This is a detail that could weigh on the investigation, which continues in search of other too lucky winners.
