The story of the scratch card contested between two former Latina friends never ends. The back and forth has been going on for 15 years. The case landed in the Court of Appeal in Rome and was discussed in recent days, following a series of postponements. The judges of the civil section are making their decisions and it will be necessary to wait for the sentence. The device won’t be released until October. The person claiming the sum of money was a Latina girl, a former friend of a peer with whom she often tried her luck playing scratch cards. Then one day in March 2009 everything changed.
The win of half a million euros paved the way for a legal battle. The lawyers Giugliano, Scarchilli and Maggiore assist the girl who claims the winnings. They always played together and as long as the winnings were small on the basis of an agreement they always shared – the appellant claimed in the legal action – even on the day of the winning, according to what has been reconstructed, the two girls, before buying the ticket, would have started agree. “If we win, we’ll stop” is the sentence that ended up in the trial documents. Sometimes one girl gave the money to buy the coupon, other times the other. On the occasion of the total win of half a million euros, the money had been put in by the friend but she had guaranteed, again according to what was claimed by the appellant – that in case of success – they would have divided it.
