The graceful woman was known in the neighborhood of La Florida for begging in front of a bank | Those responsible for the tobacconist who sold the ticket assure that the successful party had economic problems
A woman who begged in the neighborhood of La Floridain Alicante, has been the winner of the first prize of the Bonoloto awarded this week. The correct ticket was First Category, with six hits, so the winner, a well-known person from the neighborhood for begging on the street, will receive a prize of 1,271,491 euros.
“You have solved my life!”was the cry of celebration with which he entered the tobacconist that sold him the ticket this Thursday, located at number 70 on Orihuela Avenue.
Those responsible for the tobacconist, who is also a mixed recipient of lotteries, have confirmed that the winner is a resident of the neighborhood, of gypsy ethnicity, known for begging in front of the doors of a bank and a supermarket who are in front of the premises, which is also a tobacconist: “He came yesterday (this Thursday) and told us that we had solved his life. We have made someone happy that everyone loved in the neighborhood. The woman had debts and problems economic”.
Mariángeles Torregrosa and Desirée Agorreta, the fifth and sixth generation of the family that runs the tobacconist, have assured that they had never given such a large prize: “We had given prizes of 36,000 euros, but never something so big. We always said that we had to give a prize, but you never expect it. We were at home and they called us at 10:40 p.m. to tell us that we had sold the first prize of the Bonoloto and from the emotion I almost fell down the aisle”.
The winner, commented Mariángeles Torregrosa, was a regular in the neighborhood: “She came every day around 9 in the morning and worked until 2 p.m. begging. She sat between the supermarket and the bank, in front of the branch. When he finished, he would come and tell me: ‘Baby, I’m here.’ Bonoloto and Primitiva were always taken, not Euromillion because it was very expensive“.
Several residents of the area have also commented that they saw the winner, whom they knew for begging on the street, celebrate that he had won the Bonoloto. “It is a neighborhood of Alicante that is not usually named so much, we are very happy for the awardTorregrosa pointed out.