The draw for the Mexico Lottery for Independence, which included a total of 22 properties, some confiscated from drug traffickers in the country, already has its winning number for the jackpot on Wednesday night.
Ticket 832,442, purchased in Mexico City, was left with the largest asset:
a box at the Azteca Stadium for a value of one million dollars
(20 million Mexican pesos).
In addition to the box, which was up to now owned by the National Lottery itself, a score of properties were raffled, most of which have been confiscated from organized crime in various states, of which have not yet been confirmed or made known winners.
There were houses, apartments, ranches, and lots.
One of them was
a residence of Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán
.
It is about the house in Culiacán, Sinaloa, in whose basement a secret passageway was built through which the drug lord escaped in 2014. There was also a ranch in Morelos that belonged to Édgar Valdez Villarreal, alias 'La Barbie'.
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A woman buys lottery tickets for the draw on September 15, 2021, in Mexico City.
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The game takes place on the occasion of Independence Day in a day with celebrations throughout Mexico City prior to the Cry of Independence proclaimed at night by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on the balcony of the National Palace.
The first prize
was the only one guaranteed
, that is, if the winning ticket had not been sold, the process would be repeated and it would be called as many times as necessary until a winner came out.
"The winner of the award is in Mexico City," said the organization at the end of the celebration, which was broadcast live from the main headquarters of the National Lottery, on Paseo de la Reforma.
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The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, during the ceremony for the country's independence on September 15, 2020. AP
For the raffle,
two million 'little pieces'
were sold
with a value of 12.55 dollars (250 Mexican pesos) each.
The Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, invited two weeks ago to buy one, two or three raffle tickets, which he described as "very attractive" for those who are soccer fans.
The funds raised in the raffle will be used
to support Mexican athletes
who participated in the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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On September 15, 2020, just one year ago, the presidential plane raffle was held, although the aircraft itself was not raffled, but the equivalent of its value in 100 prizes of almost a million dollars each ( 20 million Mexican pesos).
With information from EFE.