As he had promised before buying the ticket
As he had promised before buying the ticket
An Italian businessman has shared a third of his u20ac963,000 (Rsu00a0 6.6 crore) lottery win with his employees as he had promised.
"If I win, we'll share it," Marco Colombo (38) had shouted to his workers a few days before entering last Saturday's SuperEnalotto draw.
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The jackpot in the lottery climbed to more than u20ac130 million, the newspaper said.
On Monday the businessman, who runs a small metalworking business in the northern city of Turbigo, kept his promise and gave each of his five workers u20ac70,000 (Rs 48 lakh).
Colombo's business is facing difficulties due to the economic crisis.
The Italian church expressed alarm Wednesday at the "idolisation" triggered by the game.
The Catholic magazine Famiglia Cristiana calling on organisers to donate the jackpot to victims of the L'Aquila earthquake.
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