BLUMBERG - The small community of Blumberg near the border with Switzerland is banking on a win on Germany's national lottery to fill a large gap in its finances.
The elected officials of this 10,660-strong community in the southwestern state of Baden-Wuerttemberg are dipping into their own pay packets and expenses to fund the purchase of tickets for the twice-weekly draw.
Thomas Lauble, who works in the community's financial office, is used to figures, but as the official responsible for the lottery ticket he watches none more closely than the seven numbers that come up in the lottery draw every Wednesday and Saturday.
The attempt to rescue the community's finances is thought to be unique in Germany.
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