France’s national lottery operator Française des Jeux (FDJ) said in a statement to CNN Tuesday that it was not in a position to confirm any details of the case as “no request for the payment ...

PARIS — Thieves used a stolen card to buy a winning French lottery ticket worth 500,000 euros ($523,000). But they vanished before cashing in —- and now they’re among France’s most famous ...

PARIS — Thieves used a stolen card to buy a winning French lottery ticket worth $523,000. But they vanished before cashing in — and now they're among France's most famous fugitives.

PARIS (AP) — Thieves used a stolen card to buy a winning French lottery ticket worth 500,000 euros ($523,000). But they vanished before cashing in —- and now they’re among France’s most famous ...

PARIS — Thieves used a stolen card to buy a winning French lottery ticket worth 500,000 euros ($523,000). But they vanished before cashing in —- and now they’re among France’s most famous ...

In a bizarre twist of fate, a half-million-euro lottery win has become a cat-and ... have won,” Jean-David said on public broadcaster France-2. Prosecutors may try to seize the winnings ...

Estele and his wife plan to use their share of the winnings to build a new home. Meanwhile, France's national lottery ...

However, they vanished before cashing in, and are currently among France’s most famous fugitives ... While the thieves face the risk of arrest, the state lottery operator La Francaise des ...

This sordid tale is so unusual that it could only be a fictionalized moral quandary dreamed up by the likes of David Lynch ...