# Italian sanitation workers recover €1 million lottery ticket from rubbish 2026-08-07T10:42:15+00:00 | World & Diplomacy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Sanitation workers in Bitonto, southern Italy, recovered an intact lottery ticket worth €1 million after its owner mistakenly threw it away. The search covered more than six tons of rubbish and lasted over a day. The woman had misread a lottery terminal’s “non-payable” message as proof that the ticket had not won. The message actually meant the retailer could not pay a prize of that size. After a family member confirmed that her regular numbers had won, the woman contacted SANB, the public waste management agency. Workers traced the rubbish truck and searched its contents at a specialist facility. The woman signed an agreement to cover the additional costs, allowing her to claim the jackpot. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com Tags: Italy, jackpot, lottery, waste workers Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/italian-sanitation-workers-recover-e1-million-lottery-ticket-from-rubbish/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/italian-sanitation-workers-recover-e1-million-lottery-ticket-from-rubbish/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.