The lottery brothers who only gave a grand prize in pesetas: "It is the first time that we distribute euros"

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Lotteries distribute luck but they don't always trust theirs. This is what has happened to the brothers Antonio and Miguel Olmedo, whom the

caught this Wednesday working in their administration in the central Xàtiva street in Valencia, a few meters from the train station. The truth is that they had never distributed a grand prize and they did not expect to do so this year. So when the news broke that the third prize (19,517) left

in an administration in the Valencian capital, they didn't even know about it. They were on strike.

"We were working behind closed doors because we were on strike, like many lotteries today," explains Miguel. "We hadn't even found out because we were preparing the

and we didn't have much hope of giving anything important. But people have started calling us and when all the media have come, we have already had to open," he says excitedly. Not surprisingly, these lottery brothers, who inherited the family business that their grandmother opened in the 1950s, 14 years ago, have sold

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And yet, not even the cava had been prepared ... "I'm going to look for it, I'm going to look for it," repeated an overwhelmed Miguel at the insistence of journalists to take the traditional photo of the toast. "It is the first time that we distribute a prize in euros ...", he insists. The previous grand prize given by the Olmedos was ... in pesetas. From

. It's been so long since Miguel doesn't even remember when it was. Of course, something has stuck with him: it was 19,519, almost the same as this third prize. "Something will mean," laughs the lottery.

"It was time for the little ones to play something," insist the brothers, who have seen how

has reduced their sales by approximately 30%.

According to Miguel, the Covid has affected them to the extent that many of their clients were from Fallas associations, which "due to all the restrictions have not joined and have not played as much."

The one who has achieved a tenth of the lucky number almost at the last moment has been Isabel, the only one with 19,517 who has shown signs of life by approaching the Olmedo administration.

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And, sure enough, he had touched.

To her, 50,000 euros, but this award goes mainly to Quesada (Jaén).

"My work colleague José Ramón and I have been commissioning this number in this administration for many years. This year they sent it to him and I came to pick it up yesterday," she said nervously while she had her mother on the phone.

Isabel was not following the draw either and it was her partner who warned her.

"I could not believe it. I am very excited and it will be a prize that I share with my children and my grandchildren," he confessed.

The luck of the Olmedos has touched him this time closely.

Of course, the Olmedos did not keep any tenth for them of the number that they will never forget.

• Fat

  € 4,000,000

  86,148

• 2nd Prize

  € 1,250,000

  72,119

• 3rd Prize

  € 500,000

  19,517

• 4th Prize

  € 200,000

  42,833

  91,179

• 5th Prize

  € 60,000

  92,052

  70,316

  26,711

  24,198

  69,457

  89,053

  34,345

  89,109

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