Overview
- Patrick D., 31, confessed in Munich district court and received 15 months on probation for fraud.
- The winning ticket worth €1,477,777 from Spiel 77 was checked in April 2024 at a Grasbrunn station where the customer was wrongly told there was no win and left the slip behind.
- In July 2024 the defendant tried to redeem the ticket at the Munich Lotto center, where staff flagged his employment at the issuing outlet and refused payment before alerting authorities.
- Lotto Bayern says the original winner has not been identified and has no claim without the physical ticket, with BILD reporting the prize would lapse by the end of 2027 if unclaimed.
- Reports indicate a different colleague initially misled the customer and passed on the slip, and prosecutors have not said whether that person faces investigation.