Swiss Prisoner Wins $2.5 Million
Associated Press
ZURICH, Switzerland —
A man jailed for attempted manslaughter won nearly $2.5 million in the national lottery, a newspaper reported Tuesday.
The 60-year-old inmate was the only player to chose the six winning numbers in the weekend lottery, the German-language newspaper Blick reported.
It said the man, who was not identified by name, is due to be released in a few weeks from a jail in Solothurn in northwest Switzerland.
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