250,000 euros. This is the sum that a migrant has won in a game of chance in Belgium. Undocumented, however, he cannot open a bank account and collect his winnings. A dead end from which he tries to get out, helped by a lawyer.
A young migrant currently located in Zeebrugge, Belgium, finds himself in a terrible impasse. However, he thought that his life was going to completely change when he scratched the winning ticket for a game of chance… and it was virtually found in possession of a small jackpot of 250,000 euros. Virtually only.
No bank account, no earnings
Because when he goes to the supermarket to pocket his winnings, the employees tell him that such a large sum cannot be given in cash and that it must be released directly by the National Lottery.
The payment of the winnings is then made to a bank account. Problem, the young winner does not have one. And since he does not have proper papers either, it is impossible for him to open one in Belgium.
His friends try to help him, they are arrested
The young migrant will then try to entrust his winning ticket to acquaintances so that they can collect his winnings for him. But the three men who presented themselves at the ticket office of the National Lottery were taken for crooks and thieves, and were arrested.
The unlucky one finally had to explain the whole situation to the police in Bruges, as reported Evening Mag. He is now trying to find a solution, helped by his lawyer. In the meantime, the National Lottery has indicated that it will keep its winnings.