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Angry Ryanair passenger eats his winning scratchcard

WTF? 10,000 euros? WTF?

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"A Ryanair passenger who became enraged when he was told he could not claim a scratchcard prize on his flight ate his winning ticket.

The man was flying from Poland to the East Midlands on a Ryanair flight when he won 10,000 euros (£8,765) on a scratchcard he had purchased on board. Ryanair confirmed he ate his ticket on 26 February after cabin staff refused to pay him the winnings immediately.

The airline said it could not reveal the winner's identity.

Ryanair spokesman Stephen McNamara said the cabin crew and some passengers urged the man not to eat the ticket, but he stood up and ate it anyway."

Source: BBC

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Why wouldn't they pay him?
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Doesn't the nationality kinda say it all...
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Just wondering ... how much hate mail do you get ?
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Why wouldn't they pay him?
He can't produce the winning ticket so they are donating the winnings to charity.

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He can't produce the winning ticket...

I'm sure he will in a few hours.
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Just wondering ... how much hate mail do you get ?
None, so far. Write some for me.
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Why wouldn't they pay him?
Probably didn't have the 10,000 Euros on the plane...

Pretty dumb of the guy to eat the ticket.

EDIT: After reading the BBC link, looks like I was right...
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Probably didn't have the 10,000 Euros on the plane...
That's the first thing that popped into my mind. I guess the genius thought they were gonna land, make him get off, then give him the runaround and hope he gave up.

Idjit.
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Since the prize will now go unclaimed, the money will be donated to charity, he added.

The winning charity will be chosen from a list of five charities in a web vote.
My vote goes to schools in that guy's hometown because clearly they have problems since he managed to make it through.

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