Overview
- A cashier at a Grasbrunn gas-station lottery counter kept a Spiel 77 receipt worth €1,477,777 and told the customer there was no win.
- He later tried to cash the ticket at the lottery headquarters, where staff flagged him because employees are not allowed to redeem tickets.
- A security check showed the numbers were played by a different customer, which led the cashier to confess to attempted fraud.
- A judge handed down a 15‑month suspended sentence after the confession.
- Lotto officials say they cannot find the rightful player, who cannot claim the money without the original paper receipt.