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MOUSCRON, Belgium, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- A group of Belgian friends experienced the joy of thinking they hit a $35 million lottery and sorrow when they learned their numbers weren't registered.
For weeks the group of 30 players used the same combination for the EuroMillions jackpot and were thrilled when their numbers hit in Friday's drawing, the BBC said Sunday. Their good mood plummeted when they learned the person sent to buy the ticket didn't play the group's numbers, allowing the machine to choose random numbers.
The group included the owners and patrons of the cafe La Fraternelle in Mouscron, a town southwest of Brussels.
"We were all celebrating," cafe owner Christiane Farvacque said, until lottery organizers said there was no winning entry. After some investigating, Farvacque said the group found out who didn't enter the winning numbers -- a bookstore owner whose friendship is now on shaky ground with the group.
"We were all bitterly disappointed," she said. "You think you are the only winners in Europe, but you end up with nothing."
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