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Lucky number deprives UBS of Italian sale

A shareholder in Lottomatica was yesterday forced to pull its €135m ($174m) sale of shares of the Italian lottery company after the rare number 53 was drawn in Venice.

The decision deprived UBS of its first Italian capital markets deal in three years. The bank had launched the sale on Wednesday night on behalf of Toro Assicurazioni, the Italian insurer.

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