London, ANI, Hindustan Times: A filmmaker living on the outskirts of Spain has become the unluckiest man in the village after he was the only one who didn’t buy a ticket in the Christmas draw. Costis Mitsotakis, who lives on the outskirts of Sodeto, was missed off as residents went round collecting money for the super-draw from the village’s 70 houses, the Daily Mail reported. A share in a single ticket would have cost him 4 pounds and would have won him an 83,000 pounds prize. According to the New York Times, the Greek national moved to the area after falling in love with a woman. When the relationship fell apart he stayed in the area and has been renovating a barn. However, Mitsotakis did not lose out entirely as the day after the Christmas draw was made a neighbour agreed to use their winnings to buy a plot of land he had been trying to sell. The Spanish lottery El Gordo, the Fat One, has a total of 1,800 winning tickets. Each ticket costs around 16 pounds but it is sub-divided into four participations that cost around 4 pounds each. Each one of the residents bought a ticket bearing the number 58,268 except for Mitsotakis. While some people won 83,000 pounds after buying a single share, other villagers won millions. Source: Hindustan Times
