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Lotto, scratch tickets and jackpots: behind the scenes of the French games dream machine

2022-01-28T18:35:32.941Z


SURVEY - From the warehouse to the points of sale, from the preparation of the draw to the support of the big winners, Le Figaro reveals the underside of a well-honed mechanism.


3, 7, 13, 31, 49 and 5… Six numbers that changed Nathalie*'s life.

On January 25, 2021, this fifties, accountant by profession, plays the Loto as usual.

This time, it will be a single flash grid that she fills in and validates online.

A few hours later, while brushing her teeth, she is a millionaire.

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Like her, about 200 players become millionaires each year thanks to the lottery games of the Française des Jeux - the Loto and its European version the EuroMillions in the lead - or one every two days.

A derisory figure, however, in view of the approximately 14 million punters who tried their luck in 2020 just for the Loto.

Playing to win but above all to dream, this is what motivates those who allow themselves to be tempted to tick their numbers, fetishes or at random, on a grid.

The hope of ensuring a life far from financial difficulties where everything becomes possible... and which La Française des jeux maintains with care.

From the printing press to the points of sale, including the traditional television show three times a week,

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Source: lefigaro

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