It may be that when you play the lottery you use endless strategies with the intention that you can hit the winning combination and with it, be the winner of a significant prize that could change your life.
However, what has recently happened in Colombia has drawn international attention, since about 4,16 people won a lottery prize thanks to the fact that they chose some somewhat unlikely and, at the same time, a bit gloomy numbers.
Diomedes Díaz was a famous singer of vallenato, originally from that country, which had a successful career in the years 70 and 80 and who died in 2013 due to of a long illness.
The remains of Díaz rest in the Jardines del Ecce Homo cemetery, in the town of Valledupar, where each tomb is given a lot number to easily identify it easily and quickly.
Last 26 August, About 4 000 citizens of that country managed to hit the lottery jackpot by choose the winning combination 1108, precisely the numbers that were assigned to the tomb of Diomedes Díaz.
That day, the 1108 fell in the draw 2653 of the lottery of Bogotá, giving joy to a large sector of the country, mostly fans of the vallenato singer.
Local media They reported that several of the lucky winners of this lottery draw came to claim their prize singing great hits by this artist such as “The luck is thrown” and “Hey Bonita”.
According to the manager of SuperGiros Atlántico (the lottery company), Daniel Muñoz, most players bet on the numbers 0716, date of the Virgen del Carmen, or the 039 , which corresponds to a successful song by the artist Rafael Escalona.
It is not the first time that the numbers on Díaz’s tomb bring luck to others. In November of 2015 around 1,280 people also won an important lottery prize by playing with the lot number where the singer rests.
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