
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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