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Trader wins mammoth amount in lottery

Staff Reporter

Kolkata: Film actor Bipasha Basu handed over a cheque worth Rs. 17 crore to Jaiprakash Jaisawal, winner of the whopping jackpot prize in an online lottery, here on Wednesday.

Mr. Jaisawal, a trader from Kolkata, is claimed to have bagged the biggest amount ever to be won by an Indian since online lotteries were introduced in 2002.

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