Error turns a man into a millionaire | THE IMPARTIAL

In Canada a retired man became a millionaire thanks to the mistake made by the cashier who sold him the ticket, CTV News Ottawa reported this week.

Michael Butt, 82, who lives in the province of Ontario, went to buy a ticket for a raffle but was mistakenly printed another at the cash register, RT says.

“I got there to buy a ticket to the Lotto 6/49 draw, but she got the wrong lottery and printed one for Lotto Max,” said the lucky man who took one million Canadian dollars (approximately $ 740,000 US dollars) for this mistake. ).

Butt confessed that he left a tip for the cashier when he went to validate the ticket after learning that his wrong ticket had won the prize. “Without her this would not have happened,” he acknowledged.

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