SuperEnalotto €147m lottery winner keeps low profile

Most people who had won a massive lottery win of €147,900,000 (the equivalent of £128m) on the SuperEnalotto would be jumping for joy, opening the champagne, possibly purchasing a flashy new sports car and looking to purchase a €1m new home to live in.  However if you live in Italy in a small Tuscan village called Bagnone with the Italian Mafia as close neighbours then maybe its wise to try to keep the news of a big SuperEnalotto lottery win under your hat and more advisedly keep a low profile.

What next, a horse’s head in the bed for SuperEnalotto lottery winner?

Italian newspapers and now even the Times in the UK are reporting that this is the case with the latest SuperEnalotto lottery winner.  Apparently the most likely multimillion pound Superenalotto winner, Mr Simonetti - a 47 year old single man and owner of Bar Biffi – has denied all knowledge of the SuperEnalotto win although he had previously stated that he knew who the 47 year old unmarried male SuperEnalotto winner was. It has been reported that the Mafia are demanding a 30% share of the big lottery win, and this might possibly be the reason that the winner has not as yet come forward to claim his SuperEnalotto lottery win.

Winning the SuperEnalotto is the easy part, collecting the money is a whole different story

The SuperEnalotto lottery jackpot was building for a staggering 86 draws before the win was announced and SuperEnalotto have confirmed that the winning ticket was purchased at Bar Biffi in Bagnone, but as yet the winner has not contacted them to arrange for the collection of the money.  SuperEnalotto lottery give the winners 60 days to claim their winnings and if it doesn’t get claimed by the lucky winner then the Italian government will receive the money.  Whoever is a millionaire in the little village of Bagnone is keeping tight lipped, villagers who had previously been dancing in the streets with joy at hearing of the local big winner are now keeping very quiet, and one old gentleman reportedly when questioned by reporters made a silent gesture placing his hands around his throat in a mock strangle whilst pointing toward the direction of Bar Biffi.  Playing the National lottery here in the UK suddenly seems a whole lot more of an attractive prospect!