Many Senegalese men travel to Europe on rickety boats, risking their lives, in search of a better future. Ngagne is one of them. He travelled from Morocco to Spain in 2007 where he earned a refugee status.
Not too long ago, the 35-year-old man experienced what could be one of the best feelings ever: he won the lottery! Ngagne won 400,000 euros in “El Gordo”, Spain’s annual Christmas lottery. He is one many to share 2.24 billion euros across the country. Ngagne, along with other local residents of the city of Roquetas de Mar in Andalucia, is a lucky holder of ticket number 79140. He purchased a decimo, which is a tenth of a ticket for 20 euros.
“I can’t believe this. I can tell you that at times we didn’t earn five euros between us a day,” Ngagne said, dedicating his stroke of fortune to his former boss who had recently laid him off. “He said we had to work things out for ourselves.”
Surprisingly all the tickets with the winning number were purchased in the same store.
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