“He often came towards the end of the afternoon. Then he played for 2,000 or 3,000 euros. We had to immediately put that money in the safe.” This is what the saleswoman of the store in the gas station where Didier Reynders regularly showed up says. Our colleagues from ‘Le Soir’ found the exact location: it is a Texaco 650 meters from his door. According to a local shopkeeper, Reynders claimed that the tickets were “for his grandchildren”.

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