The second prize of the National Lottery Father's Day Draw, 73,943, has left 2.5 million euros in Mollerussa, where it was sold entirely through Loteria Barcala. The administration dispatched the 10 complete series of a number deeply rooted among regular customers of the capital of Pla d'Urgell and surrounding municipalities.
Each of the 100 winning tenths is endowed with 25,015 euros, so that the distribution has been very spread out among neighbors and families in the area. It is not an ordinary over-the-counter sales number, but a combination that had been practically subscribed in its entirety for years.
A number linked for decades to regular customers
Marta Barcala, head of the establishment, explained that the 10 series of 73,943 were sold and highlighted the symbolic value this number holds within the history of the family business, with more than six decades of experience in Mollerussa.
"It is a historic number, very subscribed and linked for decades" - Marta Barcala, responsible for Loteria Barcala
The head of the administration stressed that the 73,943 has been linked for years to loyal customers who have kept it generation after generation. That continuity has meant that the prize has remained in the hands of people very connected to the region, in a particularly close and atomized distribution.
The origin of the number and its roots in Mollerussa
The 73,943 was also linked to the El Dorado bar, indicated as the point of origin of the number until its closure. That link is part of the trajectory of a combination that has passed from some bearers to others within the same social and family environment.
The prize has been widely distributed among residents and families of Mollerussa and the surrounding area, in a draw marked by the strong local component of the winning number. The administration considers it a historical reference in its subscriber portfolio.
Reference to the participations of Villamanín
Apart from this prize, the Villamanín Festival Commission, in León, announced that the holders of participations related to the Christmas Gordo will be able to collect starting Tuesday. That communication comes after it was reported that more participations were sold than those backed by tenths in that draw.
In Mollerussa, the day has been marked by the contained celebration of a prize with strong local roots, associated with a number that for decades has remained in the same hands and that now leaves a relevant economic injection in the capital of Pla d'Urgell and its closest surroundings.