A family from Écija (Seville), who was waiting in the ICU of Virgen del Rocío, awarded the Gordo

SEVILLA, 22 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The latest Jackpot in the history of the Lottery's Extraordinary Christmas Draw has filled with joy a group of relatives who were waiting for their turn to visit the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Virgen del Rocío Hospital in Seville.

Mercedes Jiménez and José Antonio Reyes, a young couple from Écija (Seville), had bought their tenth with one of her sisters. "My husband didn't like the number, but I bought it last week when there were only two left," recalls Mercedes in statements to Europa Press.

After one in the afternoon, the radio warned one of the relatives in the waiting room that Fatty had finally come out. "He left on the 8th," he said and, suddenly, there was a commotion among one of the groups of relatives. "What number?" Mercedes asked. 88,008. Mercedes has gone out with her family to the door of the hospital to give free rein to her joy. Now, finally, she will be able to have her own apartment with her husband and her son, a baby just over a year old who cried without understanding what was happening.

At 1:30 p.m., the time for family visits to the ICU, Mercedes and José Antonio return to the waiting room to see his grandmother, who is admitted. This Friday, they are going to give you joy.