Italian lottery player bins €1 million ticket after misreading 'non pagabile' as 'worthless'

A Bitonto player discarded a €1 million instant lottery ticket after a shop terminal displayed "non pagabile" — meaning the prize exceeded the shop's payout limit, not that the ticket had lost. Waste workers recovered it intact two days later from a bin lorry before compaction. The winner signed a declaration covering the search costs. No operator response to the ambiguous phrasing has been reported.