Today more or less every inhabitant of the peninsula will be attentive to a lottery draw by ONCE ("Eleven"): there will be a main price of 11 M EUR, 11 prices of 1 M EUR each, and then thousands more of more modest cash prices. Yesterday the organization announced that all of their tickets had been sold - at a price of 5,- EUR each. "ONCE" means "11" in Spanish but is the acronym of the "Organización Nacional de Ciegos Españoles" (National Organization of Spanish Blinds/Visually Challenged). It started as a self-help group more than 70 years ago, and now is a powerful foundation with worthy aims. Their webpages are multi-lingual and to get an idea you can start here.
Friday, November 11, 2011
11.11.11: lottery day in Spain
Today more or less every inhabitant of the peninsula will be attentive to a lottery draw by ONCE ("Eleven"): there will be a main price of 11 M EUR, 11 prices of 1 M EUR each, and then thousands more of more modest cash prices. Yesterday the organization announced that all of their tickets had been sold - at a price of 5,- EUR each. "ONCE" means "11" in Spanish but is the acronym of the "Organización Nacional de Ciegos Españoles" (National Organization of Spanish Blinds/Visually Challenged). It started as a self-help group more than 70 years ago, and now is a powerful foundation with worthy aims. Their webpages are multi-lingual and to get an idea you can start here.
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