Painter forged lottery ticket that won 1.5 billion VND

Picking up a lottery ticket with 4 consecutive numbers matching the special prize of 1.5 billion VND, a painter in Tra Vinh scraped off the remaining 2 numbers and rented a car with his family to go redeem the prize.

On the morning of December 5, Lu Hoang Phuc (from Tra Vinh) and his brother-in-law went to Hau Giang Lottery Company (located in Ninh Kieu District, Can Tho City) to redeem a lottery ticket that won the special prize of 1.5 billion VND. His lottery ticket had the number 661692, opened on November 12, and was issued by Hau Giang Lottery Company. Upon inspection, the company staff discovered that the lottery ticket had signs of being cut and pasted, so they reported it to the police.

Phuc scraped, edited, and pasted the picked-up number to match the special prize results on November 12 of Hau Giang Lottery Company. Photo: Cuu Long

At the police station, Phuc initially thought that he had bought the lottery ticket on November 12 from a street vendor in Tra Cu district, Tra Vinh province, and then put it in his wallet. On December 3, he checked and discovered that the lottery ticket had won the jackpot. That afternoon, Phuc and his relatives went to the Tra Vinh Provincial Lottery Company to redeem the prize, but because it was closed on the weekend, they returned home.

However, on the afternoon of December 6, after Can Tho City Police had collected all the evidence, Phuc admitted that while painting a wall for a construction project in Tra Vinh, he had picked up lottery ticket 441692. Discovering that the last 4 numbers were the same as the special prize, he scratched off two 4s, pasted two 6s on the lottery ticket and shouted that he had won the jackpot.

The brother-in-law said he did not know and did not participate in scratching and editing the lottery tickets, but was only asked by Phuc to go and redeem the prize for safety.

Phuc is being detained by police for investigation./.

According to VNE