Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Lottery Ticket Dedicated to Icod de los Vinos
Yesterday's ONCE lottery ticket sold in aid of the Organización Nacional de Ciegos Españoles (Spanish National Organization for the Blind), was dedicated to Icod de los Vinos in Tenerife and carried a photo of the town's famous Drago Milenario (Dragon Tree).
The election of Icod for this edition was part of the charity's national campaign to link the draw and their social works with landscapes that define the image of different regions of the country. Each daily draw has 100,000 numbers, with 50 tickets of each number, meaning that five million copies are distributed and sold throughout Spain.
Mayor of Icod, Juan José Dorta Álvarez, who was presented with a commemorative plaque showing the special lottery ticket by the administrative director of ONCE in Tenerife, considered this as a great honour and an important tourist promotion.
Dorta extended an invitation to those who were fortunate to win the first prize, to visit Icod and assured that they "would receive special treatment."
El cupón de la ONCE de mañana, dedicado a Icod de los Vinos
