The extraordinary draw of the National Christmas lottery It always creates the illusion of being able to win a great prize and keeps us in front of the screen or next to the radio so that we don’t waste a second when your chosen tithe is sung. The same thing happened to Miguel Ángel, who decided to go to the Teatro Real in Madrid to hear live and as a director how luck knocked on his door again after six years in which he won the Gordo.
The man picked up one of the eight fifth prizes from the stands where he could hear his number, 23,112, win. The experience reportedly occurred at 10:34 a.m., during the first management of the fourth table European press. “I slept on the chair for a bit.but it was when I heard 23, which is my favorite number, and when I woke up and realized I had that number,” said Miguel Ángel.
After the verification, he was marked by the nervousness and cheers in the audience, and the audience even shouted “You are worth it” at him. So the natural thing Mequinenza (Zaragoza) and Maella’s neighbor for more than two decades, he maintains a close relationship with happiness. “I won the Gordo six years ago and another fifth prize about 30 years ago,” he remembers. Given the likelihood of his success, he made that clear “The key is to play and buy ticketsalthough there are also people who play a lot more than me and don’t win. I think there will be a bit of a luck factor too.”
In order to take part in the raffle in person, the winner traveled armed to Madrid at the weekend 62 tenths. He spent the night standing in line with other players outside the Teatro Real. “We stood in line all night, it was very cold, but well, very good,” he told the media. Through all the hours he spent outdoors, he was able to meet “people from all communities” who made the same decision he did.
Between fatigue and emotions, he described the experience as satisfying and said he had fulfilled “a long-deferred dream.” “I’ve wanted to come since I was little, but “I always found an excuse not to do it.”he explained. But “this year I finally decided and fulfilled my dream. I like the lottery like someone who goes hunting or plays football,” he explained.
When asked about the impact of the prize, Miguel Ángel replied that he has concrete plans regarding how the money will be used. “For my daughter I’ll buy you a car to delete it for Zaragoza and my son a computerthat he would buy it for him, and I told him I would pay him half, but now I will buy it in full.” His daughter received her driver’s license two months ago and he will try to facilitate her mobility with the award he received at the traditional Christmas event.
Despite the fatigue that had accumulated after the sleepless night and intense waiting, the winner described the day as unforgettable. “Even though I’m exhausted, it was worth it,” he concluded. When they asked him if considers himself luckyHe replied with a smile: “Yes, maybe.”
*With information from Europa Press
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