Saturday 5 February 2011

14 million to one chances of winning, unless you're in Los Barrios

LOS BARRIOS (Agencies) 13,983,816 to 1, in fact, are the odds of winning a large prize in the Primitiva Lottery. But that's just statistics. The walls of the little lottery shop on Calle Loro in Los Barrios is covered with framed posters of the several large prizes the owner, María Jesús Sánchez Calado (photo by EuropaSur) , has handed out there. She says she's running ouT of space now because on Thursday, yet another big one: €1.377.987,21. By mid-morning on Friday, the bars, plazas and hairdressers in the town were awash in comments and spculation. "Who?" was the big question as people peered into the street, probably expecting a brand new Mercedes followed by a mover's lorry. It's just a matter of luck, really. (Prospero note: let's hope the winner is one of those municipal employees who hasn't been paid since December...)

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