Swiss lottery scratch card appears to feature the phrase ‚gassed Jew‘ – Crossword places the two words in vertical succession; company apologizes, says it was an unfortunate coincidence | Timesofisrael

A state-owned lottery company in Switzerland has apologized for a crossword scratch card that appeared to feature the word combination “gassed Jew.
”The worth of the “Top Secret” card is determined by the number of words it contains, with 10 of them guaranteeing the holder up to $270,000. In one card that was bought on September 4 in the town of Thônex, near Geneva, two words appearing in vertical succession were “gassed Jew,” the news site 20minutes reported last month.