Barcelona: One unfortunate man has good reason to curse his bad fortune after he was the only person in a Spanish village to lose out on a recent lottery windfall.
Only a few weeks ago, the 70 households in the isolated farming village of Sodeto were struggling amid Spain’s economic downturn and the ravages of a severe drought.
Recently, fortune came to favour (almost) all in Sodeto, about three hours northwest of Barcelona, when its residents found themselves with at least a piece of a winning ticket in the first prize of $950 million (€721 million) – the biggest ever.
Some of Sodeto’s residents, mostly farmers and unemployed construction workers, won millions, while the least fortunate came away with a minimum of $130,000.
The only resident who did not win was Costis Mitsotakis. The Greek filmmaker, who is restoring a barn about half a mile outside the village, was somehow overlooked by locals this year as they made the rounds.
Mitsotakis said it would have been nice to win – although he may benefit nonetheless.
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