Entire town, except one guy, wins $950M lottery

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GYM RICE — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:14:03 GMT

Wonder what the odds are of him becoming the town drunk...He has to be a front runner...

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dphillips — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:37:38 GMT

That village had been struggling during a fragile economy and congratulations to everyone. Now, they can breathe a sign of relief. I wonder how many people will be moving out of that community, starting over afresh, and moving on with their lives?

I think the winnings will be tax-free -- I'm not sure. Anyway, if the United States would not tax us on winnings; we would have more players, too. At least once or twice a year, have a tax-free lottery. Then, again, that would be like doing rightly... [ More ]

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psykomo — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:34:38 GMT

WHAT would JESUS SAY ????????

SOW UR FIELD'$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

WORK UR FIELD'$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

THANK U GOD and UR UR FIELD'$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

GOD BLR$$ these FIELD'$$$$$$$$$$$$

psykomo

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tnhope — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:39:02 GMT

CONGRATS

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Simba774 — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:59:32 GMT

No, we don't. There would be no reason to play PB and Mega Million. It reminds me of that episode of Martin. Martin thought he won millions, but then he found many people won and he wasn't so rich after all. There would be no quitting your job, buying your dream home, traveling the world, sending all the kids to the college. People play because they dream of being millionaires not thousandaires. It's blessing all those people won, but leave it in Spain.

Comment #25

Nino224 — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:36:31 GMT

Everybody wins the lottery except for one poor schmuck??

If that's not a plot for a Bill Murray movie I don't know what is

Comment #24

myturn — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:09:57 GMT

America needs an 'El Gordo'!

I was in Spain for Christmas and witnessed the success of the 'El Gordo' lottery. I also participated but did not win, but it was fun. The Spanish Christmas Lottery, known as 'El Gordo' in Spanish (or 'The Fat One'), has the biggest prize pool of any lottery in the world. It is a national lottery game organized every year since 1812. Because of the unique way El Gordo is played (the expensive tickets are broken down into 10 smaller tickets), it can be quite s... [ More ]

Comment #23

JoeBigLotto — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:46:59 GMT

Yes you can take a trip to spain if you want but remember you are 100 times more likely to be thrown over the fence by a crazy spanish bull so don't say I didn't tell you so.lol

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JoeBigLotto — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:43:47 GMT

I have one advice to the only man in the village that didn't win anything.l heard he is a film maker well its time to pick up your camera and make a movie on every one of thoes greedy villagers and how they do both good and bad with there money catch them getting drunk on public property and put all on tape if you do good you will make more money than you could have won if you don't then make one of yourself really a big looser lol that will sell too.

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JoeBigLotto — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:37:21 GMT

I have a simple message for this lucky town.l think they should show gratitude to the God of luck by putting together some money and share to the only man in the village that didn't get any.If they don't one day the God of luck will in the same way do another reverse miracle by taking away all there wealth and giving it to only that man .if they think this is impossible then maybe some spanish bulls will go crazy and run the entire village down lol well its called karma and I really believe in i... [ More ]

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winwi5 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:37:59 GMT

They have this drawing every year i'm assuming i wonder if i were to take a trip to spain next year just to purchase some tickets. I know they will never do anything close to this with the powerball because the us is so greedy with their lottery their should be more winners when the jackpot reaches a certain amount.

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cbr$ — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:01:34 GMT

I believe Mr. Mitsotakis was right to refused to get into a bidding war over his land . With only 250 residents , everybody know everybody else . In a town this small , two people feuding over anything means 248 will be expected to pick a side. Congrat's to all the winners . Nice story.

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New York — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:44:40 GMT

Wow, this story reminds me of that Teacher who bailed out on his lottery group... they won the Jackpot except for him. LOL.

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WesternRedDoug — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:54:02 GMT

Somehow, the homemakers had overlooked him this year as they made the rounds...

So if you are writing the script got this movie, what is Mr. Mitsotakis doing when they came around? Too busy playing Words With Friends? Got his iPod turned up too loud? On the phone telling his mom that even though he's sad about his love life being in tatters, he has a hunch his luck is about to turn around

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dallascowboyfan — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:17:14 GMT

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dallascowboyfan — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:14:23 GMT

Very nice story......Congrats to the winners......

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ressuccess — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:33:18 GMT

Congratulations to this winning ticket.

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time*treat — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:23:31 GMT

As Ms. Lambea headed home from the cafe recently, she spotted the familiar car of a particularly determined banker. Oh no, she said, ducking out of his line of sight. I'm turning off my phone.

After what they have put that part of the world through, one wonders how banksters can even walk down the streets safely.

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sully16 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:16:43 GMT

Congrats to the lucky winners, cool story.

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OldSchoolPa — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:55:51 GMT

Oh no we don't! That is so socialist! If Powerball worked that way, then if the jackpot was hit this Saturday, the winners would only gross 75,000 before taxes! Definitely no where near a life-changing sum of money. So let Spain have their El Gordo and let Powerball and Mega Millions be PB and Mega Millions respectively. I am sure those in the stay anonymous crowd would agree with my sentiments, as the evidence of the sharks, leeches, and parasites coming out of the woodwork and descending on th... [ More ]

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RedStang — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:06:21 GMT

We need this.1800 first prize winners is awesome. There was a drawing 2 yrs ago that had 1950 first prize winners.

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rdgrnr — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:57:59 GMT

That Greek guy oughta open up a Gyros Stand.

All them people got money now, he'd make a fortune.

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rdgrnr — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:32:14 GMT

God bless Maria Carmen Lambea for saving that ticket for her friend even though she didn't have the money to pay.

The world needs more people like her.

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PERDUE — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:55:26 GMT

The only resident who did not win was Costis Mitsotakis, a Greek filmmaker, who moved to the village for love of a woman. It did not work out. But he still lives here in a barn he is restoring about half a mile outside the village. Somehow, the homemakers had overlooked him this year as they made the rounds.

Mr. Mitsotakis said it would have been nice to win. But he has benefited nonetheless. He had been trying to sell some land without much success. The day after the lottery a neighbor calle... [ More ]

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psykomo — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:16:55 GMT

L@@K'ssssssssssLIKE these SOCIALIST!!!!!!!!

turned CAPITALI$T

invest in fields that's HARD WORK^^^^^^^^^!!!!!!!!!!

CONGRAT'$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$!!!!!!!

2 ALL these WONDERFUL ^^^^^PEOPLE

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maringoman — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:16:11 GMT

A whole village minus one person won? omg! now thats what I call a true bailout, well except for the ninja who decided to not join in.

Its bad enough when there's an office pool and a dozen people hit a jp and one person decides not to play; here we're talking of a whole village!

No amount of therapy could ever cure the nightmare and regret of that loner, none. SAD.

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Coin Toss — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:40:28 GMT

Esta jodio tipo

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TheRightPrice — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:26:30 GMT

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Cletu$2 — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:28:16 GMT

One woman speaking for everyone.

I think you'll see more than one Mercedes.People are people the world over.And people want nice things that they couldn't previously afford.

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time*treat — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:24:25 GMT

Are you going to see Mercedes going up and down our streets? she said. I don't think so. People are going to invest in the fields and maybe a sofa.

Smart folks; not much new land being made.

Entire town, except one guy, wins $950M lottery

Lottery Post — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:35:16 GMT

Just a few weeks ago, the 70 households in the isolated farming village of Sodeto were struggling under the double whammy of Spain's economic downturn and the ravages of a severe drought.

Some were even thinking of passing up Spain's huge Christmas lottery, known as El Gordo the fat one which is something of a national obsession. But they bought tickets out of loyalty to the homemakers' association here, which makes a small percentage on the sales.

And then, their number came in.

All bu... [ More ]