Millions of Turkish muslims to ignore religious ban on lottery

Although the highest religious authority in Turkey have announced that the purchase of lottery tickers ‘haram’ (sinful, forbidden), ignoring millions of Turkish muslims that religious prohibition. Each year there are more sold, especially in the weeks before the oudejaarsloterij. The jackpot is tonight 70 million lira, a thick 11.5 million euros.

That is a whopping amount of money in a country where the monthly minimum wage to 330 euro, and many earn less. the

With the most popular loterijkantoor of the country, that of " Nimet Abla’ (Big Sister Nimet) at the spice bazaar in Istanbul, are takers again today in long rows to one or more lottery tickers to buy. The rows were the last few weeks sometimes to hundreds of meters long, the wait lasted up to four hours. The office has a dozen security guards in service to all in the right direction.

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‘The last lottery tickers, buy them here, call sellers in the vicinity of the row. A lot of clientele have they not, because the majority of the people has to wait in the long line of it. Nimet Abla has the reputation that their lottery tickers, and more often than anywhere else, the prices fall. the

The legendary office is named after Melek Nimet Özden, commonly known as Nimet Abla. In 1928 she began with the buying and selling of lottery tickers of the state lottery. Three years later, she won herself the top prize in the oudejaarspot. She became a national symbol of good luck. As smart a businesswoman she made a lot of advertising for her kiosk and her brand name is synonymous with the purchase of happiness.