Migrant
wins $278,000 in Israel
Persistence paid off for an Eritrean migrant in Israel, who
spent hours going through scratch cards he bought and ultimately found a
winning ticket worth $278,000.
Michael Galilov, the owner of the south Tel Aviv kiosk where
the winning ticket was sold, told Channel 12 on Thursday that the winner was
too overwhelmed to immediately grasp its significance.
“At that moment he was stunned,’’ Galilov said. “We all were
stunned.’’
The winning ticket that the man purchased costs 100 shekels
in Israel, and it was unclear from the Channel 12 report how many tickets the
man purchased.
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Galilov said after going through so many cards, the man’s
friends had tried to tell him that it might be time to give up, but he was
determined.
A video taken at the kiosk shows the winner joyfully hugging
and shaking hands with others at the shop.
Many African asylum seekers live in south Tel Aviv, usually
in poor conditions.
In 2018, Israel shelved plans to deport some 40,000 African
migrants.
Israel has until now classified asylum seekers from Sudan
and Eritrea as illegal immigrants, with asylum applications approved almost
only in exceptional cases.
(NAN)