Winning El Niño lottery numbers: 55.487 takes the jackpot of €200,000 for a décimo
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 @ 3:10 PM
WINNING numbers for the El Niño national lottery – always drawn on January 6 – were 55.487 this year, and practically every jackpot ticket was sold in the Madrid district of Leganés.
Some of the jackpot winners say they bought their décimo, or 10th of a ticket, at the last minute after finishing their present-shopping for the Three Kings and 'nearly didn't'.
A few others who hit the jackpot say they almost decided not to buy their décimo because at €20 each – being €200 for a full ticket – they could not really afford to.
Residents of the working-class neighbourhood, most of whom come from families of labourers, have seen their lives turned around by their winnings.
One woman said she did not win anything but that her two adult children took the top prize of €200,000 for a décimo (being €2million for a full ticket), and that she was 'happier this way'.
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