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Terrassa the winner in El Ñiño lottery
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By h.b. - Jan 6, 2009 - 7:34 PM
The owner of the lottery office where the winning number was sold - Photo EFE
The owner of the lottery office where the winning number was sold - Photo EFE
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One office in the town near Barcelona handed out more than 100 million € in prize tickets.

The winning first prize in the El Niño lottery, the traditional follow-up draw to Spain’s famous Christmas EL Gordo, has sent a windfall of money into Terrassa near Barcelona, with the winning number of 28,920. One single office, ‘La Bona Sort’ – ‘Good Luck’ handed out more than 100 million € in prizes.

The second prize for 56,306 was sold in Llodio in Álava and the third prize for 67,893 sent 840,000 € to the Málaga town of Antequera.

Ticket sales for El Niño were 2% down this year on last with Spaniards spending 762 million €, that’s an average of 16 € 90 cents per person.



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