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Former European Commissioner Didier Reynders at the European Parliament in Strasbourg

Video. Revealed: How the alleged Reynders lottery scam worked (or didn't)

Updated: 11/12/2024 - 8:43 GMT+1

Newly released National Lottery data shows how two suspicious accounts, presumably belonging to the ex-EU Commissioner and his wife, stuck out like a sore thumb, as they jointly splurged nearly €50,000 of lottery tickets in a year.

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