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75-year-old sports enthusiast emerges as winner of historic Kino jackpot
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- A nearly 75-year-old man from Chile’s La Araucanía Region won 8,518,616,740 pesos in the Aug. 21 Kino draw, the largest individual jackpot in the lottery’s history.
- He learned the winning ticket had been sold at the Pucón supermarket where he bought his ticket and asked Lotería de Concepción to keep his identity anonymous.
- The winner said his main wish was to preserve his way of life while securing his family’s financial well-being.
The winner of Chile’s biggest individual Kino jackpot is a nearly 75-year-old man from La Araucanía who had just finished his workday when he saw the news on his phone. The winning ticket had been sold in Pucón, at the very supermarket where he had played.
After weeks of accumulated prizes, the Aug. 21 draw delivered him 8,518,616,740 pesos. “My hair was shaking with emotion,” he said, according to the account, while asking Lotería de Concepción to keep his identity secret.
The new multimillionaire describes himself as naturally active and practices several sports. His wife portrays him as a decent and special man who is good company. Despite the size of the prize, he is convinced the money will not change who he is.
His greatest wish now is to preserve his life as it is, with the added certainty that his family’s future is secure.
My hair was shaking with emotion.
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Originally published by Cooperativa in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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