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Oops! An Entire Village Wins The Lottery - Except One Guy! (DETAILS)

Posted February 2, 2012 by The Decider for Global Grind Staff

You know you have bad luck when your entire town wins the lottery and you don’t.

STORY: Mo' Money, Mo' Problems: Powerball And Other Lottery Winners Who Blew It

In the small Spanish town of Sodeto, 70 households bought winning tickets for Spain's Christmas lottery - except for one man. Sodeto won and shared the $950-million lottery jackpot.

According to the New York Times, filmmaker Costis Mitsotakis had been overlooked when a town homemakers group made the rounds selling lottery tickets to raise money last year.

Every household that bought a share in the drawing takes home at least $130,000. The lottery, called "El Gordo," has been a Spanish staple for the last 200 years.

Sodeto residents, along with 17 other people from nearby villages, bought tickets with the same winning numbers and their jackpot pumped $150 million in winnings into the area. One single ticket paid out an estimated $520,000.

Mitsotakis told the Times that he was sad he didn't win anything. But he did get one lucky break out of it. A neighbor bought a big chunk of land that Mitsotakis had been trying to sell.

Looks like it worked out for Mitsotakis, although being a part of that jackpot would have been awesome!

ABOVE: Costis Mitsotakis, a filmmaker, is the only resident of Sodeto who did not win a piece of the winning ticket.


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