Christmas came early for an unemployed Senegalese immigrant in Spain, after he won €400,000 on the lottery. The man arrived in Spain eight years ago after being rescued by the country’s coast guard aboard a packed boat headed for the Canary Islands.
The man was only identified by his first name Nagme . He was one of 1,600 lucky winners who scooped part of the €2.2 billion ($2.4 billion) bumper jackpot on Tuesday in the lottery, which is known as “El Gordo” (The Fat One).
“I just can’t believe this, I can tell you that on some days we do not have five euros between the two of us,” he told the local La Voz de Almeria newspaper, as cited by AFP.
The €400,000 ($437,000) will certainly come in useful for Nagme and his wife. The Senegalese native was recently sacked from an agricultural job and has relied on odd jobs in the sector since arriving in the country.
INC News, 24/12/2015 - via RT
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