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Manilva residents celebrate winning 88 million euros from Euromillions jackpot

The lucky winners, a club of nearly 100 people, now have between them the equivalent of four times the local council's annual budget

CHARO MÁRQUEZ

Friday, 2 March 2018, 17:50

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The Euromillions draw last Friday was kind to many residents in the municipality of Manilva, who, thanks to them buying their regular ticket as part of a neighbourhood community group, were able to increase their chances of winning.

Their winning ticket was confirmed by the lottery ticket sales office that sold it, in the Carrefour Gran Sur-Torres in La Línea. This office is also owned by a Manilva family who in turn coordinates the group of residents.

There were two winning tickets last Friday (5 + 2): one was sold in La Línea and another in the UK, so both tickets won between them 174 million euros.

The ticket office boss explained that the prize in Spain has been shared out between residents of La Línea and Manilva, a total of around 80 people. Each one of them spend between 10 and 200 euros on tickets per month, so those that bet the least will win around 800,000 euros and those that bet the most 3.5 million euros.

He added that two weeks ago the same group of people would have been the winners of the 4+1 prize, but we don't bet in the Tuesday draw so victory at that time eluded us.

He said that among the prize winners are lots of young couples, working families and several unemployed people, and that the money will change all of their lives for the better. Manilva council has congratulated the winners, who now have between them over four times the area's annual municipal budget.

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