There are less than 24 hours left until one of the most anticipated moments of Christmas begins: the extraordinary Lottery draw. Like every December 22, the Teatro Real will put on a gala to receive the students of the San Idelfonso school, who will be in charge of singing the award-winning numbers and making a lucky few very happy.
This year there will be more series on sale, five more than in 2022, so there will be a total of 185 series of 100,000 issues. In addition, 2,590 million euros will be distributed in prizes, seventy million more than the previous year. But even though we citizens will be happy winning a pinch, the reality is that many want to get their hands on the jackpot, that number that will grant four hundred thousand euros to the tenth and four million to the winning series.
On the occasion of the draw, the Sonsoles Ónega program received Anthony Blake on its set this Thursday, the mentalist who guessed the fat man's number 21 years ago. ''I'm ten percent right. Every day the number changed. They tell me ''what's the fat guy going to end up with?'' and I say in 1, tomorrow in 2...'', the mentalist began by saying.
In 2022, the guest starred in one of the most memorable moments on the small screen. At that time, Anthony Blake managed to guess the exact number of the Christmas Lottery jackpot: 8,103. The mentalist wrote down the number six days before the appointed day in a notebook, which was kept safe in a wooden box. But many came to question the illusionist, claiming that Blake used a dwarf, located under the cashier's table, to change the number. Therefore, this year he has tried to guess the most wanted number again.
Since then, the mentalist has to face thousands of questions about the Lottery jackpot every year. ''People who tell me, tell me the number, I'll buy it and we'll go halfway,'' he commented. In addition, Anthony Blake confessed that this year he had two tenths ''due to commitment''. ''I am a magician, and I am capable of creating illusions,'' he assured.
Consequently, the illusionist asked Sonsoles Ónega to tell him a number between 0 and 100. ''84. 8 is my favorite number and between two because shared life is wonderful, 4'', she responded. Suddenly, the guest took out a piece of paper with the same number written on it. ''Does this mean that he is going to be the jackpot of the Lottery? Well no, what I just did for you is one more number from my repertoire,'' he said.
