The joy that came from getting that “Gordo” of the Christmas lottery In the small Leonese town of Villamanín, in recent days there has been a confrontation between those responsible for the purchase of the prize-winning tenth – the young people in charge of the festival commission – and some residents who bought shares, accusing their neighbors of not being very transparent and thereby losing thousands of euros.
79,432, the number of discord, was chosen by Álvaro, a young member of the Commission of the Villamanín Festival, which was applauded on December 22nd by the cameras that came to town to document neighbors dressed in party favors and bottles of champagne celebrating the lottery’s first prize.
The conflict arose when the commission discovered an error in printing the participations, as the young people 50 shares were distributedof the 450 copies sold, without the corresponding tenths of the profit, i.e. a total of four million euros, being allocated to them. After this detail became known, the festival commission, together with the city council, decided to call residents to a meeting on Friday, December 26th to find a fair solution for all winners.
The venue chosen for the meeting was the Villamanín retirement home, where a hundred people were present and the solution to the conflict was decided for four hours, during which complaints and counter-comments arose. There were two suggestions. The first that the 3.6 million euros The missing funds would be distributed among all winners – deducting the 400,000 euros that would be used for the community festivals in 2026 – which would mean around 5,000 euros per person. The other option is to resolve the dispute in court.
“If you love the city as much as you say you love it, the first thing you have to do is invest your money,” one of the neighbors accused the festival commission, according to local media. Leonoticias. In addition, the person concerned even demanded that the young people’s relatives make up for the missing money by handing over their shares. This is what the members of the commission group decided Give up your pricea total of two million euros, on condition that they are not reported.
During the meeting, marked by the screams of those present, The young people who made up the commission also experienced several attacks of anxiety and vomiting. “It’s thanks to them that we won the prize. They are children who made a mistake without any malicious intent. They can’t do anything more,” he assured EFE one of the residents of the small town of less than 100 people, which is divided between support and complaints towards young people.
Even if the young people gave up their prize, they would still be missing two million eurosTherefore, neighbors should refrain from charging this amount. Given this possibility, there were several who spoke out against it during the meeting. “I have a share and I won’t lose 5,000 euros” or “We’ll see you in court because you’ve committed a crime,” threatened some residents.
The final decision was a mix of both proposals, albeit one marked by fear of complaints. Anyone who wants to collect loses 10% of the stake (80,000 euros), which was sold for five euros. If there are no complaints against the members of the commission on March 22, they will They will express their opinions and ballot papers distributed among the winners. This agreement was accepted by the vast majority, but some neighbors said they did not have confidence in the commission and therefore did not rule out a complaint if they did not collect the entire prize, which also caused outrage on the networks when the details of the meeting became known.
“What happened in Villamanín is shameful. Everyone knows that.” it was a mistake“But they justify their greed by saying it was a scam,” said Esther Sanchez
“Some children who want to enhance their city by acting as a festival committee love of people “And the neighbors decide to leave them without money and without desire for anything for four dollars,” complained another user in an outrage shared on social networks, with a factor often repeated: without the purchase of the tenths by the young people of the commission, no one would have earned anything.
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