Lotteryist who sold the first prize of the National Lottery in Gijon: “It seems that the king gave us luck”

Fortune smiled this morning on Gijón, one of the towns that won first prize in Saturday’s National Lottery draw, which gave away 600,000 euros per series, or in other words, 60,000 euros for every tenth. This number was 97,751, as well as the establishment that distributed it, the tobacco shop that he ran for almost two decades on Paseo del Muro, at number 20 Rufo García Rendueles, Eduardo Fernández. “We’ve only been selling lottery tickets at the tobacconist for three years, but we’ve already given away four big prizes,” including second prize in the 2022 Kids’ Draw, he stressed, excited about the new chance visit.

Due to its location opposite the beach, in addition to the locals, many visitors end up occupying tenths of the establishment. And after several days of a large military presence on the occasion of the Armed Forces Day celebrations in Asturias, it is possible that some of them will take away good economic benefits from their stay in Gijon. Part of the luck is jokingly attributed to Felipe VI, whom he saw yesterday passing in front of his establishment both on his arrival and on his departure from the events that took place in the Gulf of Gijon. “As he passed by, he greeted us. I think he told us, “Here’s the prize.” “It brought us luck,” he notes, not even knowing how many tenths of that first prize he gave away or who the buyer might be.

In addition to Gijon, the first prizes of the draw went to four establishments in Salamanca, Medina de Rioseco (Valladolid), Atarfa (Granada) and La Marina (Alicante).