27.02.10
A passenger on a Ryanair flight from Krakow to East Midlands ate a winning scratchcard worth €10,000. He won the prize having purchased the scratchcard on the flight on Thursday, but was so angry that he would not be given the prize mid-flight that he chewed and swallowed the winning ticket. The budget airline has offered to donate the cash - which cannot be claimed - to charity, with passengers given the chance to vote on where it should go.
Ryanair's Stephen McNamara said: ‘In the last 2 years our scratch cards have given away 10 cars, over €300,000 in cash prizes and over 100,000 flight vouchers. Passengers have always been happy to claim large prizes after returning home. Unfortunately our latest winner felt that we should have his €10,000 prize on the aircraft.’
Cabin crew apparently tried to stop the passenger eating the card. Passengers can vote on whether the €10,000 should go to an anger management charity, an eating disorder charity, a gamblers' charity, a disruptive children's charity or a mental health charity by visiting www.ryanair.com.
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