{"id":123176,"date":"2019-12-29T01:00:33","date_gmt":"2019-12-29T09:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=123176"},"modified":"2019-12-27T13:31:14","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T21:31:14","slug":"spanish-news-reporter-quits-job-on-live-tv-after-winning-lottery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/spanish-news-reporter-quits-job-on-live-tv-after-winning-lottery\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish News Reporter Quits Job on Live TV After Winning Lottery, Later Discovers Share Only $5,500"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Spanish news reporter seemingly quit her job live on-air after discovering she picked the winning numbers to the country’s El Gordo (The Fat One) Lottery Christmas bonanza.<\/p>\n

\"Spanish
Spanish newswoman Natalia Escudero didn’t hold back in boasting her lottery win. (Image: RTVE)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Natalia Escudero, a journalist for public broadcasting network RTVE, was covering the Spanish Christmas Lottery drawing at an event in Valencia when she learned she was a winner. The lucky holders of the ticket number 26590 took the top prize of 400,000 euros ($436,000).<\/p>\n

An ecstatic Escudero said live on television, “I’m not going in tomorrow!” She waved her finger in front of the camera basking in what she thought was her new-found wealth.<\/p>\n

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Natalia doesn’t work tomorrow! Woo! It’s not ‘The Truman Show,'” she added, referencing the 1998 film where star Jim Carrey learns he’s the star of a broadcasted reality television series and his life is entirely simulated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Outside the event in another on-air spot, Escudero had champagne poured over her as she continued to celebrate.<\/p>\n

Woo! to Whoops<\/b><\/h2>\n

Escudero has been a journalist for 25 years, but her future is now unknown following what many in Spain might consider career suicide. She seemingly flaunted her lottery win to viewers and her co-hosts, actions that are now coming back to bite her.<\/p>\n

Here’s the catch with Escudero’s lottery win. Hang with us, it’s a complicated lottery arrangement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Fat One is the richest prize in the Spanish Lottery’s annual Christmas draw. Unlike US lotteries, players don’t pick their own numbers. Instead, retailers are given numbers from a pool of 100,000 numbers that they sell to customers.<\/p>\n

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Each number \u2013 26590, for instance \u2013 comes with 10 “billete” tickets that make up a full sheet. A full ticket sheet costs 2000 euros ($2,236), with each individual billete 200 euros ($223).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

To make the game more affordable, retailers then break each billete down 10 times into “decimos” that cost 20 euros ($22) each. Retailers can further break down the ticket number into smaller “series.”<\/p>\n

The amount wagered determines the percentage of one’s share of the $436,000 grand prize. In Escudero’s case, she learned her cut was just 5,000 euros ($5,590) \u2013 not exactly enough to call it quits and walk off into retirement.<\/p>\n

Strange Apology<\/b><\/h2>\n

After learning she hadn’t struck it rich<\/a> in the Christmas drawing, Escudero is now on damage control, trying to win back viewers \u2013 sort of.<\/p>\n

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She said via Twitter that she had recently endured a “difficult” few months due to “personal reasons,” but over her 25-year career she has upheld a “rigorous and proven work” ethic with a “clear conscious.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“It is sad that Natalia Escudero is today known as the manipulative and lying journalist from RTVE,” she tweeted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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