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The unnamed man, in his 30s, bought a winning scratch card in the Paris suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis in June but the operator of the French lottery only released details of his win yesterday.

His windfall is the equivalent of £760,000.

Speaking to French newspaper Le Parisien, he said he had already used some of his winnings to buy an apartment and now plans to open a restaurant and bring the rest of his family to France from Syria.