A Syrian refugee who left his home country in 2011 to live and work as a labourer in France has enjoyed a significant turnaround in his fortunes by winning a lottery scratchcard prize worth €1 million. The win was achieved in June 2015, but the French lottery organiser has only just released the news, along with the fact that the winner was one of 215 people who won the €1 million scratchard prize last year.
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