Even if the wave of enthusiasm which overwhelmed the working-class and shopping district of Plan Cabanes in Montpellier (Hérault) last weekend has subsided a little, the young people of the sector are still enthusiastic.
It must be said that the lucky scratcher at the X20 game of the Française des jeux pocketed the tidy sum of 500,000 euros.
B. is well known in this neighborhood known for the street resale of cigarettes, small hardware and prohibited products.
"He doesn't touch the hash.
He focused on selling cigarettes.
It is undoubtedly one of the biggest sellers of the spot ”, estimates one of his trading colleagues in full wind, right next to the tobacconist-lottery office where the winner acquired his famous winning ticket.
"This guy is a blédard", assure the young people.
He would have arrived three years ago from the south of Algeria, from the region of Mediouna (Rélizane) in the district of Mostaganem.
" He's a good boy.
He has a good background.
He loves France, ”says one of his relatives who runs a restaurant in the neighborhood.
B., aged 22, is still undocumented for the time being, but his partner is currently pregnant. "It's a real stroke of luck for him, which comes just after a bad blow occurred two days earlier," said a young man from the neighborhood. The police seized a large stock of cigarettes and cash that day. The deadweight loss is estimated at 14,000 euros. “It is obvious that B. will not come back here to sell cigarettes on the sidewalk. A new life awaits him ”, adds, dreamy, K.
Behind her counter and her big smile, Sabrina, the right hand of luck (it was she who held out the winning scratch card), cheerfully executes the order not to make any further statements.
But since Sunday, we have been pressing in front of her to scratch.
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