Millionaire (2025)

[bunniefuu]

Sir, help. You're the only

one who can help me out.

I need money, so here's my

number if you could help me out.

Hello, sir, take these balloons.

I need help. Think about me.

Hey, sir, no.

Hey, sir, you can't be here.

A once-in-a-lifetime

stroke of luck.

And this time, it hit

the city of Los ngeles.

Just hours before the deadline

to claim the 2.4 billion pesos

from the Kino draw on March 4th.

MY FAMILY NEEDS A MIRACLE

The news that has

kept Los ngeles

and all of Chile on edge,

because this is truly shocking.

Luck came knocking.

And overnight, he

became a billionaire.

Who wouldn't want a bank

account with nine figures in it?

Not too many people

get that lucky.

Hey, boss, wait

up. Just a second.

I don't need money. Look, I

know who you are. Take this.

I NEED TO GET AHEAD!

MILLIONAIRE

We've known each other since grade school.

I was in third grade, and he was in first.

Well, I've known

of him for years

because he lives near

my boyfriend's place.

And out in the countryside,

everyone knows each other.

I started hanging out with him.

I thought, "If one little

trick leads to another,

we could pull something bigger."

I watched him every

day. I'd say hi.

But we weren't really friends.

Hey, how is it going?

WHAT IS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF

FERTILITY REGULATION METHODS?

He said he used to drive a taxi.

He drove taxis for a living.

But I don't really remember.

Months went by, and eventually I

offered him a job here at Taito Gallery.

I'd always see him out there

walking the horses, working.

The houses were close by.

We've been together

for 20 years now.

He's always there,

supporting me, helping me.

He never leaves me alone.

He became one of the most

sought-after figures in Chile.

Who wouldn't a bank account

with nine figures in it?

Not too many people

get that lucky.

Just like in the

lottery on March 4th

When a player from Los ngeles

won the very juicy sum

of over 2 billion pesos.

The problem

is the winner still

hasn't shown up,

and the deadline to claim

the money is running out.

What would you do if

you were the lucky one?

What a question.

What a question.

First, I'd switch my wife.

No, I wouldn't switch

my wife for anything.

I've always thought of building

an elderly home on a lake shore.

Oh, what wouldn't I do?

So many things, ma'am.

Help out the family.

Well, I don't believe in luck.

People will tell

you, "He got lucky."

But, no, I believe in blessings.

It's all random.

Whoever gets it, gets it.

If you have good

luck, you'll get it.

Well, as they say, if

things go bad in love,

then luck might favor you,

especially when gambling.

It's an old saying.

OPEN

People always come

to this place.

In the whole city, our shop has

had the most winning tickets.

Whether they're small prizes or

big ones, they always happen here.

Hi, Miss.

I've got your ticket

to retirement here.

-Tell your boss "I'm out."

-No, thank you.

Head to the Caribbean, Brazil

Young man, what about you?

We've got a good sale.

See? You can trade

Since that day,

the 11th,

I guess he just went

to play another ticket,

but also brought the same

slip he'd played before.

Good afternoon. One

Kino ticket, please.

-Good afternoon.

-Can you give me those numbers?

Of course.

Then they tell him, "These

are the winning numbers."

Sir, these are identical to

the numbers that won last week.

Two point four billion.

Yeah, man, let's go!

I tell her, "Honey,

something's happened."

"I won the lottery."

I didn't believe him.

From now on, we're not

gonna work anymore.

Huh?

She said, "You're drunk again."

She hung up on me.

Hello?

You hear me?

Oh, f*cking sh*t.

He said, "Carlitos, I won."

He said, "Yes, really, I won."

So I asked him, "Where's that ticket?"

And he said, "I've got it at home."

He was a few drinks

in when he told me.

I've been lucky in my life.

Lucky with women,

lucky with money,

lucky in gambling.

There's a bunch of

work to do anyway.

Yeah.

Oh, that test today.

-How'd it go?

-Yeah, I think I did fine.

Math.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

Great.

-What grade did you get?

-Fine.

On the other one, I got a

What the hell is going on here?

Mom, what happened?

My bedroom.

Mom?

I got scared and

said, "What happened?"

-Dad?

-Is that him?

Honey, what are you doing?

What? I'm looking for the Kino. The

one I won. I can't find the ticket.

He scared me. Did

he just go crazy?

I looked for it. I took

the tablecloth off.

There were some papers. Everything.

I checked the couches, the table.

Searched the whole house.

When my wife got home, she was stunned.

"What happened to him?" she said.

Help me find it, honey. Come on.

-We have to look for it.

-I have to do everything here.

Oh, God.

Oh

Help us find it, sweetie.

We'll throw that out.

I already am.

I'd look and look and look,

and I couldn't see the ticket.

The surprise is huge.

So far, all that's known

is that the lucky winner

bought the winning ticket at

this store in Los ngeles.

There were rumors the

winner might be a young man

who's a mime at Paseo Coln.

They said he could be the one,

but so many things are being said.

There were rumors he was

from the Kennedy projects.

-Really?

-But that's all we know.

I heard she's from the country,

but she hasn't shown up.

-She's from the country?

-Yeah, yeah. A grandma.

2018 MARCH

The contest rules state

that the winner has 60

days to claim the prize.

There are only 30 left.

He bought it, went

home, got to the house,

and Javier's always in a hurry.

So he left the Kino somewhere.

In a notebook, or I think

maybe in the living room.

Well, he told me

several versions.

He said he had left it

on top of the fridge.

That he had stored it, then

left it next to the stove.

I think, that day, I was

changing the stove's burner.

He climbed up to the

roof, took off the cap,

the one they have up there,

and it was covered in soot.

But when he pushed it up,

the soot got in his eyes.

Then he just grabbed something

out of his pocket real quick

to wipe off his face.

And he took out the tissue and

also took out the Kino ticket.

And he cleaned his eyes a bit, and

then tossed it down the chimney.

And down there, in the stove,

I'd always toss any paper or stuff

inside after lighting a match.

But something told me,

"Take the trash out."

So I put gloves on, I took a

plastic bag and got it all out.

Then it fell in the trash

with bags and notebooks.

And when they cleaned up,

they threw it all outside.

And that's how the Kino

ticket went in the trash.

And the dogs had

torn up the bag,

and all the trash was

scattered everywhere.

One in four million,

four hundred fifty-seven

thousand, four hundred

are the odds of

winning the lottery.

But there's something in those perfect

calculations that isn't accounted for.

ON AIR

Fate, luck, chance.

Call it what you want.

What mathematicians don't

consider is how every little move,

every insignificant decision,

can radically change those odds.

Like if a winning ticket gets destroyed,

lost or forgotten, it's not just bad luck.

It's as if the entire

universe is conspiring,

making an already incredibly

hard game even harder to win.

And maybe, just maybe,

a real chance at

winning the lottery

isn't just about numbers,

but in knowing how

to outwit fate.

f*ck!

You didn't get to

have a childhood

playing with dolls

or playing house.

By the time I was eight,

they were already letting me be

the one in charge of the house.

Watch out, I'm coming in.

I'd take care of my younger brother.

I'd have to change diapers at that age.

You hungry?

We all have a dream of

becoming someone in life,

and suddenly, because our parents didn't

have the means to give us what we needed,

we can't achieve it.

But for you,

we're going to give everything.

So take the opportunity

Yes, Mom.

to become a great professional.

Become what you want.

What do you want to be?

A midwife.

What are you doing, woman?

Put that out. The ticket

could be in there.

Come on!

I remembered and started

with a pitchfork,

walking here and

there, like this.

And then, suddenly,

stuck to an old notebook

There was the ticket.

I won, honey!

Woo-hoo!

And I went to claim it.

The mystery and wait are over.

The winner of the 2.4-billion

pesos Kino jackpot

has just come forward.

And it's none

other than a local.

The lucky one is

Mr. Javier Zapata,

a 41-year-old farmer who can

now celebrate his big win.

Our biggest

congratulations to him.

The alleged Kino winner, who had

thrown his ticket in the trash,

arrived in Concepcin

to claim his prize.

Go, go, go!

He was welcomed

almost like a star.

They were waiting for him at the

agency where he bought the ticket.

But he wasn't a

mime or a grandma.

It's this man who claims

to have the winning ticket.

The most sought-after man in Los ngeles

had thrown the ticket in the trash.

Let's welcome the proud winner of the

biggest lottery prize of the year.

A whopping 2.4 billion pesos.

Living on the way to the small-town

La Suerte in the south of the country.

Tonight, he joins us to

relive his incredible story.

Let's give him a warm

round of applause.

"Look, there goes the

Kino winner," they said.

People would talk to me.

"Sir, here, take this little

note. Don't forget about me."

"I don't have a house. I have

nowhere to live. Take it."

And they'd throw

papers into my bags.

They had the phone number,

the name and the RUT account

so I could deposit

money to them.

-Good afternoon, Mr. Javier.

-Good afternoon.

"You're the winner," he said. And I

said, "Yes. Why? Is there a problem?"

He said, "No, I'm

here to make a deal."

"I have a house," he said,

"here in Salto del Laja."

"It has a pool," he said.

You're wasting your time,

buddy. Keep it moving.

Javier!

Walter!

Remember me?

We used to be classmates.

Thought I'd come and see you.

I don't think I'd seen him

in I hadn't seen him since

Not since we left high school.

"How have you been?" "Good."

"Did they pay you yet?"

"So can you give me some money?"

And they would tell me that they

were sick, that they have sick kids.

"And I'd be happy with 10 million

to buy a little house," they'd say.

Some asked for 2 million,

others 500,000 pesos.

He's here tonight to tell

us his incredible story.

Let's give him a hand.

The new millionaire of Chile.

CONCEPCIN LOTTERY 70

MILLION NOVEMBER 9, 1958

The Concepcin Lottery

belongs to the university

and is its main source of income,

as it receives 60% of the profits.

Seventy million.

Twenty-three, five, sixty-four.

Chile is definitely a

country of gamblers.

Foosball, horse races,

even traditional lottery

or Polla tickets.

POLLA LOTTERY

These last ones are

particularly popular.

Last year, they raised

nearly 10 billion pesos.

Half of this money goes to taxes

and charitable institutions.

I'm Nicols Rojas

Inostroza, a journalist.

I am passionate about the

cultural and historical aspects

of gambling in Chile.

Some chroniclers mention

that during colonial times,

people would bet on

watermelon seeds.

They'd cut open a watermelon

and wager on whether the

seed would be black or white.

They could even bet using

religious items, like saint cards.

Imagine that.

And there's a long

history in the chronicles

documenting the official

culture's prohibition of gambling.

How complex c*ck

and card games were.

People even gambled on bowling.

Because betting often comes

with celebration, indulgence.

A break from a system that has

historically been oppressive.

But gambling is like

a window to an escape.

A chance to strike it lucky

and turn your life around.

Draw. All right.

RACETRACK

Giddyap!

We've got barbecue over here,

guys! Barbecue over here!

Mussels must go

with a little wine.

Okay, cheers.

-Now, cheers, Arturo.

-Cheers, cheers.

Twenty thousand. Twenty

thousand for the finalists.

Five-hundred thousand

for number three.

Five-hundred thousand

for number two.

Done.

And the 500,000 and 200,000

20,000, 20,000.

And the finalists, zero.

Just incredible.

When I bought this colt

Look at this.

he was called Nio Bonito.

After Nio Bonito, we

named him Chico Lento.

And then he was named Milagro,

and now he goes by that.

Take a look at these times.

I did it so people

wouldn't recognize him.

Okay. That's enough.

So we settled on a

price of corrals.

-Two hundred thousand pesos per animal.

-Just 200,000?

-Per animal. Hmm.

-Okay.

-I bet Milagro against Milamores.

-Only those two?

-Where?

-That way.

Over there.

All right, jockey, good luck.

May God be with you.

One, two

Come on! Come on, Milagro! Go!

Milagro!

Oh, Milagro!

It's done!

Milamores dropped back.

She tried.

But she dropped back.

Bring her.

Something's off here.

I talk to him every day, and

every day we end up here, but

We can't figure

out what's missing.

And for me, that's a

horse that has bad luck.

If I won a prize like that,

I'd leave my home

for a bigger house.

One with a pool,

where I could go outside.

Where you can live underwater.

Well, come on, I mean

Can you imagine just

having a beer by the pool?

Yeah, but that's

just a prize I won.

And I was lucky with this thing.

But you're thinking

about keeping your job?

I'm saying don't.

-No, I don't...

-That's so much money.

You have to change your life.

-You only get one.

-Right.

He started calling

me all the time.

And whenever I answered,

he wouldn't say anything.

This went on for seven months.

One day, I was fed up with that

phone and just turned the thing off.

It was off for a couple of days.

And when I turned it on, there

was a text from him waiting.

Javier and I were together

in secret for 11 months.

And my ex-husband always told me

that if I ever cheated

on him, he would k*ll me.

And it had me

really, really scared.

On Valentine's Day,

he gave me a necklace.

It had this horseshoe on it.

They'd say, "Ah, she

married a country guy."

"So what?" I'd say.

I fell in love with Javier.

Because he gave me love,

affection and respect.

I felt loved and really

cared for by him,

something I never felt

with my ex-husband

because he never gave me

love, affection or anything.

36 DAYS AFTER THE DRAW

The TVU afternoon news.

The alleged Kino winner, who had

thrown his ticket in the trash,

arrived at Concepcin

to claim his prize.

Let's remember that the

man from Los ngeles

did everything he could to recover the

winning ticket he had supposedly lost

while cleaning his house,

and he managed to find it.

However, its poor condition

caused the process to be delayed.

Days went by, time passed,

and we found out the Kino

ticket had a bit of a problem.

Unfortunately, there

were complications

that mean the ticket

is no longer intact.

Some parts are illegible.

It no longer has the security features

standard to this kind of public lottery.

Well, I'm calm because

I know I'm the winner.

And I've always

said that. I'm calm.

That's why the company decided to

hire an expert to conduct an analysis,

who will try to

reconstruct the ticket

to verify if it qualifies

for the prize payout.

We have a lot of faith.

I'm holding on to the hope

that the prize will be valid.

It's cruel what they've

done over his prize

because it's

something he deserves.

Okay. He's a worthy winner.

He's a winner.

Our agreement was that the ticket

would be sent for analysis to a lab.

But they said, "No, we're gonna

do it faster here, Javier."

"We'll check right away if your

ticket is fake or if it's real."

They brought out

some microscopes,

but those ones were

like you see in schools.

That didn't give

me any confidence.

So we're not doing the analysis.

I'm not just gonna give

them the ticket to steal.

We have a lot of doubts about

the objectivity of these experts,

where they're from, what

their qualifications are,

and how much Lotera paid them

to provide their services.

We just received an official

statement from Lotera,

just days after Javier Zapata

rejected the expertise they offered.

Lotera states the

following. Pay attention.

Lotera stated that

the winning bet numbers

were selected randomly in

a method called "chance,"

contrary to what

Javier Zapata claims,

as he still insists today,

that he played

his lucky numbers.

I bought the ticket, showed

the slip to the lady,

and handed it over for

her to play it for me.

She's the only one who knows I chose the

numbers and didn't get them randomly.

There are only

two possibilities.

One of the two parties

is lying publicly,

either Lotera or Javier.

Whoever is lying,

once they're exposed,

they will have to face the

consequences of their actions.

They don't have the

typical security measures

that you'd find in public

contests like this.

Lotera claims the

bet was made randomly.

Whoever is lying,

once they're exposed,

they will have to face the

consequences of their actions.

When I asked for the security

cameras to present them as evidence,

they denied me access.

They said the footage was deleted, but

that's just nonsense from the company.

I believe the company had the

footage and videos deleted on purpose

so the evidence

wouldn't come up.

Javier Zapata, the

supposed winner

of more than 2 billion pesos,

exhausts all avenues to prove that

his ticket is the winning one.

These are images from the

security cameras of the agency

where the most controversial Kino

ticket of recent years was sold.

His lawyer is directly accusing the

shop owner of deleting the footage

from March 1st and 2nd, the

days Javier bought the ticket,

an accusation that

raises new doubts

in a case already full of

more questions than answers.

That's why they

don't want to pay.

Because they know

that I'm the winner.

They know it.

They don't want to take

responsibility, you know?

Just like they

received my money,

they have to pay my prize.

Well, if you think about it, there

must have been a winning ticket

because the agency received

4% of the winnings.

Every time an

agency wins a prize,

it receives a percentage

of the winning amount.

In this case, the agency

received 48 million,

which is a percentage of

that winning Kino ticket.

I think they want to keep

the money and not pay him.

If you ask me, just

give him his money.

I don't think the lottery would go through

so much trouble for something like that.

I don't. I don't.

Beloved Holy Father God,

at this hour we come into

your divine presence, my Lord,

to thank you, Holy Father, for

all that you have given us today,

beloved God.

Thank you for guarding us,

protecting us, beloved God.

Thank you, Holy Father,

for giving us health,

for giving us life,

my beloved king.

Thank you for the

food, Holy Father,

that you have placed on our

table today, beloved God.

Amen and amen.

They say that an

expert analysis

can cover or make this information

visible using a microscope.

Yes, there are specific analyses

where they apply chemicals,

and all these printed

letters reappear.

Sure, on a TV show.

-That's chance.

-I hope they can do it.

-We all want Javier to win.

-We hope it's doable.

Javier we believe in you.

So much, in fact, that

we even wrote you a song.

-Three, two, one

-You're becoming famous.

-Go, go!

-Hmm.

Go, Javier

This Kino

You must win

Hey, hey, hey

Which expert are

you going to hire,

now that you rejected the

one from the lottery company?

We know you're a

hardworking family man.

We know you're a hardworking man.

We've seen your family on screen.

You welcomed Vctor there too.

So, man,

the prize would do

you so much good.

Where will you

get the cash from?

We'll have to sell a

few chickens, I guess.

A few pigs.

And that's where my intervention

as an expert begins.

Lotera includes certain security features

that aren't visible to just anyone.

One is the barcode,

located at the bottom.

The second is a serial number that's

placed vertically on the left side.

And the third is an

intrinsic element,

which is a dollar sign inside

the eye of a piggy bank,

if I remember correctly,

that comes factory-printed.

How to check that a ticket is

valid is to find the precise angle

where the reflection

is much stronger.

This case brought me

a lot of joy and pride

because it called for

techniques and methodologies

that we don't

normally get to use.

A forensic analysis conducted

by a specialist he hired

would prove him right.

Several security

features were identified

that would verify the

authenticity of the ticket.

The date.

The number of the ticket.

It was the Kino paper.

I have enough evidence

to claim my prize.

Do I think money

can change people?

Absolutely. I think it can.

Let's make sure we

have everything.

Put it on top.

Javier told me that we would move to

a bigger house with the prize money.

Here. Oh, sh*t.

I spoke to

Mr. Francisco and asked,

"You know what? Would

you sell me your farm?"

"Would you wait until I claim the

prize?" He said, "Of course, man."

"If there's money, for sure."

"Money, you know, money can

get you anything," he said.

-Are we missing anything?

-I left my clothes.

-We'll get them later.

-Yeah, but when?

-Okay, we'll get them on the way back.

-Fine.

-Hold tight, sweetie.

-Hold on tight.

-Who else wants to come up front?

-Yeah.

No. No, I don't think

money changes people.

Change them? Definitely.

There's a saying.

"The worst rich person is

one who's never been poor."

Money, especially when

you have a lot of it,

reveals who you really are.

My mom.

We'll put her here.

And the family goes over here.

Dramatic theater.

And it reaches far-off places like Aysn,

where theater had never reached before.

Now our next guest.

Please, everyone stand up.

Welcome this great farmer, coming

directly from Southern Chile,

now turned into a billionaire.

Let's hear it!

Hello.

-Good afternoon.

-Hello.

-Hello.

-Excuse me.

Do you know where they

hand out the prizes?

Where the the winning

numbers are paid?

Don't tell me you've got them.

Yeah, I won.

Oh, really?

-How much did you win?

-Yeah.

The 2.4 billion, all for myself.

-Oh, congratulations, sir!

-Thank you, thank you.

-That's a huge blessing.

-Yeah, it's amazing.

And here's the winner.

But what happened to the ticket?

Oh, well, I lost it in the trash. But

I found it, and it's still the winner.

Some of it's illegible, but you

can still tell it's the winner.

It's there.

Oh!

Where did you drop it?

The trash.

Ooh!

-What happened?

-What happened?

It fell in the trash.

-Ooh!

-Well, listen...

But you scratched the

barcode, so we can't pay you.

Oh, but wait Ooh!

-Ooh!

-Ooh!

What happened?

The man wants to validate that

ticket, but I don't think it's valid.

-Microscopes.

-Table.

What are you saying? I've

got dreams, a family.

-Listen...

-You don't understand.

I'm trying to change my life.

Sir, just calm down now, okay?

No, you just had to

read the comments.

They said he was a scammer,

that he was shameless.

A lot of people were

laughing at him.

HE LOOKS LIKE A FRAUD

HE ENDED UP MAKING

A FOOL OF HIMSELF.

AND TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, HE GOINTO DEBT WITH THE LAWYER HE HIRED.

THIS GUY IS A FRAUD,

THINKS HE CAN DESTROY A TICKEAND PASS IT OFF AS A WINNER,

THROW HIM IN JAIL

FOR BEING A SCAMMER!

I felt really bad, so I didn't

go to school for a month.

When my classmates saw me on

the news, they bullied me.

Some older kids at school,

they would say, "Your dad

is just messing around."

"Tell him to get a grip."

I DO BELIEVE THAT GUY.

I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'RE

SAYING BAD THINGS ABOUT HIM.

58 DAYS AFTER THE DRAW

Presenting

Teletrece.

The following is a story

worthy of the movies.

Just hours before the deadline

to claim the 2.4 billion pesos

from the Kino draw on March 4th,

a new supposed winner

of the contest appeared.

Now, the two men's

versions clash.

All while waiting for new

expert analyses to confirm

who among them is the true

owner of this fortune.

He is Jos Rivera.

He appeared out of nowhere in Concepcin

as the countdown to claim the prize began.

This security guard from Los ngeles

is the second supposed winner

of draw 2049 from March 4th.

BYE, BOSS

TWIST ON KINO CASE

Now what happens is

that we have two people

claiming to be the legitimate

winners of this colossal prize.

WHO'S TELLING THE TRUTH?

Like in the best series,

Jos Rivera appeared to give

a dramatic twist to the story.

He shows the dog

that bit his hand,

which made him look for

a Band-Aid in his bag.

Come in, boss!

I've had things happen

to me like that.

Like one day, a Sunday,

I was hungry and went out.

I had just enough

money for one drink.

I thought to myself,

"It'd be great if I had a

little extra pocket change."

And I went out.

I hadn't even walked 30 meters,

and a bill came flying by.

I know I thought about it, but that

was just a minute or two before.

And when I got to the sidewalk,

I picked it up and shoved it

into my pocket real tight.

It was truly something.

Just like that,

a little miracle.

Go on.

Get out, go outside. Come.

Here.

Even though I don't have any

family here, I'm with the dogs.

Because when I'm feeling down,

I go outside and they're

happy right away, you know.

Hey!

Hey, look.

Look, here.

Look, hey!

Here.

Come here. Here.

This one is Bigote.

And this one is called Kino.

This one is Kino. He's Kino.

You told us that the way you found

your ticket was quite curious.

-In a bag. Actually, in your favorite bag.

-Yes, in a bag.

I went with some puppies.

I had a tricycle, and I

would take the puppies there

to sell them at the market.

And I sold them for about

3,000 or 5,000 pesos.

ALLEGED KINO WINNER

And it bit the finger I used to

give it a treat. Right there.

I don't know which one

it was, I tell you.

I don't even remember

which one it was.

It grabbed me and it

cut me from here to here

And blood was coming out there.

And I said, "I have a

Band-Aid." I always have them.

I go look in the bag,

find a Band-Aid.

Found it there.

And right in there with

it, I found the ticket.

And I see it in a

pocket. There's the Kino.

And it was stuck at the top.

Surely something fell on it.

It was stuck.

I thought, "Come on, there's

no way this is the guy."

He's up to no good.

He's here for the money.

He just wants to win.

Sometimes, we think it

could've been Lotera.

To delay us even more.

I was thinking that he

was working with Lotera.

Prspero was there with

the Lotera people.

And just as I was crossing the street,

he saw me and bent down like this.

He didn't want to face me.

He left as soon as I arrived.

The journalists spoke

to him, and he ran off.

It's like he was hiding.

He'll have to deal

with his conscience.

He has to live with himself

and what he's doing.

So, Mr. Prspero,

tell me, have you considered

what you can do with the

money if you win the Kino?

I think I'd get plastic surgery, I

think, or I'd fix my teeth properly,

first of all.

And then I'd think about it,

because getting involved

in something at my age

Not everyone gets to 70.

You have to take care of

yourself to get to 71.

Oh, yes, the church

is really nice.

It's been two years

since I've been inside...

That's great. You'll be

able to speak to the pastor.

-We have to ask him for Rosita, right?

-Yes.

May God bless us, and

may everyone be welcome

in the house of the Lord,

God's house, your house.

May God bless you greatly today

because today is a special day

where we gather to worship,

to bless this wonderful God

who has done everything

and given everything

out of love for our lives.

God, bless every heart,

every soul that has gathered in

the presence of the Lord today.

I trust God more than luck.

I don't even really

think luck exists.

God handles all that.

Everyone else may abandon you.

Everyone else may leave you.

GOD IS LOVE

Even those close to you may

distance themselves from you.

He wants to heal you.

He wants to take you out

of the life you're living,

out of the circumstances that

you're going through today,

both at home and in

your personal life.

There are two

paths in this life.

A narrow path,

which is God's path.

And the wide path,

wherever it leads you.

I don't know, to the party,

to the booze, to fun.

That's the wide path. That's

the path of the world.

My dad doesn't come

to church with us,

but I wish he would sometimes.

I guess

even if just for a little while.

But he's always there

for me, always helps me.

Like, if I need something,

he'll get it for me.

It's like my dad always seems to have

bad things happening to him, right?

But I believe that if he followed God,

those things wouldn't happen to him.

And we now have information that has

just arrived at our press department.

It's an official

statement from Lotera.

And their words,

at least on paper,

sound really serious.

The company has decided

to file a fraud complaint

against those

considered responsible.

OFFICE OF FINES LOCAL

PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE

FILES A COMPLAINT;

TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS

OF THE CRIMES OF FRAUD,

FORGERY OF A PRIVATE INSTRUMENT AND

MALICIOUS USE OF A PRIVATE INSTRUMENCRIMES OF FRAUD

In this way, Lotera

is confronting

the attempts of Javier Zapata

and Jos Prspero Rivera

to become the winners

of the grand prize,

those two billion, four

hundred million pesos.

My name is Juan Pablo Lpez,

I'm 47. I'm a lawyer specializing

in complex litigation,

and a cybersecurity advisor.

Lotera says,

"How can you obtain a ticket with the same

winning numbers from a previous draw?"

Very simple.

After the draw,

a total of 399 bets were placed

with the same

combination of numbers.

These bets generated a valid

Kino ticket for the players.

But obviously,

valid only for future draws.

I'm Luisa San

Martn Cifuentes,

a forensic expert in handwriting,

fingerprints, and documents.

Unfortunately, I deal

with many fraud cases.

Being a scammer or

stepping outside the norms

is something that transcends

all layers of society.

The condition of

the Kino ticket.

It does show significant wear.

To my surprise,

the validation elements are

precisely the ones missing.

EASY MONEY

Throughout Chile's history, there

have been scams and scammers,

from the days of

the gambling dens

to the sophistication of

various ways to hack the system,

to get money through methods

that are less than clean.

I tell you what. Javier

is really good at lying.

So I tell him, "You have a gift for

lying. I believe you, but only so much."

People who commit fraud,

they don't respect the rules.

Whether it's at home or

even in their community.

They might not even respect

the rules when at work.

Every day we walk around

with a bit of evil.

We're all chasing

something in our life.

In this case, it's money.

And doing it in a healthy way,

it's harder because we all carry

a little bit of evil in our heart.

He's never with us.

He's always focused on his

races. It's all he has time for.

He never has a day for us.

To say as a family,

"Okay, today, I'm

going out with you."

"Where do you want to go?"

Because you still need

to be with your family.

But not him.

He prefers being

with his friends.

And we're left all alone.

LO RAQUEL EQUESTRIAN COMPLEX

Ooh, the races that run the

most are alcohol and money.

That's where the beer

and wine really flow.

I had ten.

You can tell when the animals

are on some strong drugs.

They act furious.

Racing in Chile used to

be more of a tradition.

Nowadays, it's treated

more like a business.

One hundred thousand to Loa. Let's

see, 20,000 for the finalist.

Fifty, fifty, fifty,

fifty. Which one?

Here, you have to come out

with your horse and go for it.

You already know.

Once you let go of the

horse, it runs on his own.

Yes. That's right. Yeah.

Good luck, guys.

You got this, Milagro.

Let's go for the win.

Oh

Idiot, what are you doing?

Look, Javier, your horse,

I'm not saying it's bad.

But it needs to find its

level, find its class.

No, well, I didn't like

the class, the level.

-I didn't like anything.

-Listen.

You've been racing the wrong

class. You know you know that.

No, it's fine, but look, I

didn't like the horse's level.

There's nothing more to do.

Just grab my little horse,

save it, sell it,

and hope something

better comes out of it.

You have to compete with

horses of your own class.

-I've told you that.

-But it's just

I'm like this. I've

always been like this.

The horse already beat a

horse from here and there.

This horse is no

good, and that's it.

-Okay.

-Now.

When I was young, I'd

sleep in my stable.

Now that I'm old with a horse,

I'm always messing around outside.

I think that's what it's about.

After the races, they start drinking.

So I tell him,

"That racing habit is just

for wasting money."

We're back on TVU News,

and we'll be walking

you through the results

of the private forensic analysis

conducted on the Kino ticket

from the first alleged

winner of 2.4 billion pesos.

If the ticket is real,

the ticket is real.

If the numbers he played are

the same as the numbers drawn,

then the numbers lifted from his ticket

will match the numbers that were drawn.

CORRESPONDING TO 14 NUMBERS

There is a match with

the day of the draw.

A Sunday.

And Javier's ticket states

that his was drawn on a Sunday.

The report from the

experts they hired

only managed to identify

some pieces of this puzzle,

but not the draw number or the

date the ticket was played.

So unfortunately, due

to that situation,

the expert opinion that

I had to offer to Javier,

is probably not 100% in line

with what he might have wanted.

But as a professional,

I can't lie to him.

These are clues that help us.

They allow us to clear up doubts

about whether the ticket

was altered or a forgery.

And the ticket is real.

It has the winning numbers.

However, the security feature

we were expecting to find,

that is, the 2049

or March 4th, 2018,

did not appear.

It's coming.

Oh!

Easy, easy, easy.

Okay, we'll have

chicken stew today.

You know, we got this

month's electric bill.

-It's more than last month's.

-How much is it?

It's almost 360,000 pesos.

Okay, and how much money do

the cows make us per week?

A lot.

But how much is a lot?

Depends on the milk.

I never see any money,

not from the milk.

Everything makes you laugh.

I also paid back Mr. Nelson.

Mm.

For the money he gave

you to buy the cows.

Your brother also

gave you money for

The dairy equipment.

And your dad.

Oh, and I've

Covered the payment on

the other credit card.

We'll use that card

to cover the other stuff.

And that payment

hasn't been made.

Which card?

"Which card?"

The one you asked

for to buy the mower.

Hey, I'm talking to you.

Hey, listen.

Hmm?

Some time later,

Javier calls me early

one morning and asks me,

"Is there any chance of

finding the missing pieces

of the ticket in the trash?"

Yes, so the expert

came and said,

"All right, Javier, I'm here to

see where you found the ticket."

And I proceeded to

divide the area into

searchable quadrants.

And by then, I'd already

been there over an hour.

When we find something,

I'll tell you.

Okay.

I went through piece by piece,

sorting through wood, papers,

plastic items, toys,

and whatever else was

lying there on the ground.

And, in an old toothpaste tube,

in one corner, there was

a small piece of paper

measuring about

four millimeters.

-Javier I found something.

-What?

Look.

And what caught my attention

was that on one side,

I saw it had bluish prints

That coincidentally matched

the back of a Kino ticket.

I mean, no.

I have the equipment with me,

so I'll have to check to see

if the number at least matches

the size of the

number on your ticket.

Okay.

Once it dried,

I exposed it under white light,

and the numbers zero

and four appeared.

He assures us that he

found one of the key pieces

to reconstruct his ticket

and finally claim the

elusive billion-peso prize.

It's the zero and the four.

The same numbers

that would match

the date of the draw

on the winning ticket,

Could this be the stroke of

luck he's been waiting for?

We choose to believe so.

FARMER CLAIMS THE PRIZE!

KEY CLUE 0 AND 4

REVEALS THE DATE MARCH 04

Nice! See? I told you

it would be the ticket.

All I want is to

own a motorcycle.

No, I'd buy this

farm. That's it.

Build a prayer house.

That's what we had planned.

MAY, JUNE

JULY

One day, I got a call

from Radio Biobo.

Zapata was there,

and his lawyer too.

The announcer told

me that they said,

"Why don't you go half

and half with the winnings

since there's two of you?"

"Two winners."

I was never gonna be

afraid to face something.

In fact, one time a radio station

wanted to do a face-to-face.

And they were asking

me if I could go there

to talk with them,

with the announcer,

Zapata and the lawyer.

So I said,

"Sure, I'll be there

in about 20 minutes."

I can't split a prize,

because I won it.

So that won't be happening.

But I have to talk to

them about that on Monday.

Even in the press,

just like on Facebook,

they held a poll, you know, to

see who the real winner was.

The gentleman who came up.

-The last one.

-Why is that?

I believe him more.

I bet they're still going to give them

the money to at least avoid any trouble.

-Do you know the story?

-I do.

And I find it really unfair.

Whoever is more honest

in their answer.

I'll believe them.

I can't remember what

I was up to that day.

I remember about an hour later,

like, someone told

me not to go today.

That I shouldn't go.

And Mr. Jos Rivera

didn't want a

confrontation like that.

He wouldn't.

I had a dream.

And in that dream, I

saw him on the ground.

And someone would come

next to me and say,

"We need to drain him."

And they asked for a knife.

They said, "Hand me the

knife. I'll bleed him."

And I yelled at him, "No!"

"Because your daughter

will never forgive you."

My dad was really nervous.

He couldn't sleep, went to

the bathroom all the time,

walking back and forth.

He was scared something might happen

to him because he was so anxious.

Even though I walk through

the valley of the

shadow of death

I will fear no evil,

for you are always with me.

Hey! Hey!

On that day when he

went out to pack

He comes back and says to

me, "Pass me the knife."

And I took the knife, and it was

the same knife I saw in the dream.

And, of course, what

was the knife for?

So he could cut the hemp

and make a tourniquet here.

Just like when you slaughter a

lamb, the blood spurts like this.

I lost all five

tendons in my hand.

I lost so much blood,

when I got to the hospital,

I only had 1,700 milliliters.

And his hand turned

really purple.

So he sold the cows and

had to stop milking.

Now he's unemployed.

I had to go to work.

And then

after work,

I had to go to the

hospital to see him.

To bring him things he needed.

I remember asking myself

"Where are my honey's friends?"

"Where are they?"

We moved back to the small house

because the money never came.

We were really hoping that

the Kino would come out

sooner than we expected,

but things didn't go as planned.

I said,

"Well, I'm giving you back your land,

but I'm still fighting for my prize."

The story of Javier Zapata, a

hardworking man like you or me,

seemed to have more unfortunate

moments than happy ones.

A tragic accident destroyed

his most valuable tool,

his arm.

Vital for a farmer who depends

on his strength to earn a living.

But for Javier,

that pain was nothing compared

to the loss of his mother,

Luisa,

who passed away because she couldn't

afford treatment for her illness.

She was a great woman

and a great mother too.

She and my dad taught me

right from wrong.

And took us to school.

Well, at that point,

anger, sadness.

I said, "We'll find someone."

"There's got to be a

way to fix your bones."

"Get you some real treatment

so we can keep you with us."

But we couldn't.

She left us too soon.

She told me, "Fight, son,

for your prize."

"Fight for what's yours."

Javier is hurt that

his mother passed away

without the public ever knowing

that he was never a fraud.

But Javier Zapata

isn't just any man.

That's why he's decided

to sue Lotera.

ZAPATA DECIDES TO SUE LOTERA

ATTORNEY FANDEZ PRESENTED THIS

FROM THE CONCEPCIN LOTTERY.

FARMER CLAIMING TO HAVE

WINNING KINO TICKESUES THE LOTTERY FOR

OVER 3.5 BILLION.

ATTORNEY OF ALLEGED WINNER

POSSIBLE LAWSUIT AGAINST LOTTERY

Mr. Zapata, we've been

analyzing the case,

and we believe there's a solid

foundation to take it on.

We have a fair shot

of winning this case.

The first thing we need

to know is what you need.

What you require.

So we include it in the

lawsuit and have it in writing.

Well, what I need is for

the truth to come out

because Lotera

called me a fraud.

So I want this to come to light,

and for everything to be

transparent for both sides.

-One question, sir.

-Yes.

If Javier doesn't get his money,

or if a prize goes unpaid,

who keeps the money?

Well, look, by law,

Lotera keeps the money.

They keep the money, and it goes

to the University of Concepcin.

Because they won't

pay the prize.

They won't pay because

they say there's no winner.

Lotera and their team will try

to delay as much as possible

and drag this process out.

A lawsuit of this scale

requires your cooperation,

as well as anything and

everything you can provide us.

Whether it's

background information,

witnesses, or evidence to support

what we've stated in the lawsuit.

Yeah, I understand all that.

So we've got to keep fighting.

I'm ready to go all the

way, no matter the cost.

I think we have a

fair shot at winning.

Javier against the

Concepcin Lottery.

It's a true David

versus Goliath.

He's a man from the country

who does have a lawyer

supporting and helping him, sure.

But the University of

Concepcin is a giant, massive.

And there are networks

that can also influence this.

Even at the national level,

the University of Concepcin

has one of the most

important faculties.

Many judges studied there,

and they could be the ones

determining the fate of this case.

And now, we're getting

last-minute news

because Lotera flat-out

rejects the lawsuit

COURTS OF JUSTICE

and presents its own arguments.

Lotera isn't refusing to pay

Mr. Zapata the prize out of sheer whim,

but instead, they're basing their refusal

on the legality that governs them.

Specifically, in Law 18.568,

it says, "Prizes

corresponding to bearer's bets

will be paid upon presentation of

the intact tickets and instruments."

"If there are doubts,

the prize will not be paid until the

authenticity is reliably verified."

However, there's something

troubling in this law.

At the very end of the clause,

almost like an afterthought,

it says all of that is

at the sole discretion

of the Concepcin Lottery.

In other words,

the final decision

is in their hands.

And if they wanted to pay,

nothing would stop them.

JAVIER! LOOK WHAT'S

GOING AROUND.

There are cases where Lotera,

after analyzing the damaged ticket,

decided to pay it.

Just like what

happened back in 2004,

where a child cut out

part of the winning ticket

to complete a school assignment.

The torn ticket had been

in the trash for a week.

Through rumors, they found

out it was the winning ticket.

Lotera, bypassing the

rules, paid the prize.

And as if fate wasn't

tangled enough,

we found in our records

that another miracle

happened along Javier's path.

But it wasn't his beloved horse.

They call him Milagrito

because he cheated death in

an accident when he was one.

He had barely started walking

when a 3,000-kilo forklift

ran him over.

He came out unscathed and now

lives a completely normal life.

And a fantasy was fulfilled,

one of thousands of Chileans who

dream of the millionaire prizes.

All of that is at the sole

discretion of the Concepcin Lottery.

IF THEY PAID

BEFORE, WHY NOT NOW?

Mr. Zapata, one of the things

they specifically mention

in their response

is that Kino's paper

quality is top-notch.

Forging a Kino ticket

is extremely difficult.

It requires expertise

in the type of printer,

the designs,

and the diagrams on the back.

But what they don't

mention in their response

is that the ink

quality isn't good.

And the ink can be wiped off with

any liquid, any substance, any acid.

I know this for a fact because back

in my fifth year of university,

I worked at a kiosk selling

Loto and Kino tickets.

The ink was very similar

to regular printers

that people have

in their own home.

And it could even

fade just from sweat.

What we need from you now is

your help in gathering witnesses.

I'm not sure if you know anyone who

you trust that know what happened

and who can step up and

support you as witnesses.

We need to present them.

I've pretty much decided

who to present as a witness.

I know Miss Ariela, the

one who sold me the ticket.

She can help.

And Graciela too,

since she worked there.

And Cristin Cceres, because

he did the assessment.

He handled everything.

They must volunteer to help.

I offer myself as a witness too.

Of course, I didn't

see you buy the ticket,

but I know you, and I know

you're telling the truth.

That's why I brought all of

you together to help Javier.

This process will be a long one.

THE TIME

Here's the time.

I always said I was going to

play the ticket at that time.

That report was

issued by Lotera.

Around 3:00, maybe 3:30.

And what does that report say?

That the Kino was

played at 3:03 p.m.

-You said with everything now.

-Yes, everything.

But there's something

shady going on here.

FORENSIC INVESTIGATION REPORIs this referring to what

we found in the trash?

Exactly. You can explain

it in more depth.

What's interesting about that

zero and four on that paper,

is that the back had the sky blue

and white colors printed on it,

which match the back

of the Kino tickets.

Okay.

-And that's the original Kino ticket?

-Right.

That zero and that

four refer to the date.

-The date.

-A Sunday, if I remember.

Yeah, 0-4.

-Sunday, March 4th.

-Right. Right.

I understand that the expert from

Lotera charges a large sum of money.

LOTERA EXPERT REPORWhat she charged to

conduct this assessment

was an amount of

9,500,000 pesos.

I reviewed the forensic

analysis requested by Lotera.

The value is not something typically used

within the world of forensic assessments.

The amount, frankly,

is enormous.

Especially considering there

were no only seven pages.

I shouldn't get into

that kind of speculation.

However, a short assessment

with such a high price

does make you

think other things.

And Lotera's paying

for more security.

And just like any good Chilean,

this is suspicious as hell.

Right.

What do you guys think about

them paying the agency?

The 48 million?

COMMISSION

That's what needs to be

untangled, or to be cleared up.

-Right?

-Right.

Because the agency is paid,

and they should indeed

receive the commission.

But it's the same agency where

there are also people saying

you played

The ticket.

the ticket.

And to top that off, the

person who sold you the ticket

testifies that

you're Javier Zapata.

-Exactly.

-See what I mean?

I went to talk to her when

I presented the ticket.

KEY WITNESS

She signed a little paper

where she acknowledged that

she sold me the ticket.

Ariela is the only one who knows I chose

the numbers and didn't buy it randomly.

Hello, hello, good

morning, Miss Ariela?

I know I've been calling you, but

you're not answering the phone.

I need to talk to you

for the simple reason

that you promised to

give me an answer.

Maybe you could

serve as a witness.

That's why I'm sending

you this voice note.

So please get back to me.

Or you could give me your address

so we can talk about in person.

Please respond, okay?

Bye-bye. Take care.

In his unwavering

fight for justice,

Javier Zapata, a farmer

from Southern Chile,

has come up with a

truly clever plan.

One to tackle the ever-growing

cost of his legal battle.

After months of

effort and sacrifice,

Javier has decided to organize an

unprecedented, one-of-a-kind race.

His horse, Milagrito,

will race against none other than

a fast greyhound from the area.

Sandy.

An uneven race, some might say.

But Javier is used to that.

After all,

it's not the first time

he's chased something

that seems impossible to catch.

CLASH OF THE TITANS

GREYHOUND VS. HORSE

Hey, buddy, how are you?

Hello, hello. How are

we doing, Arturo, man?

Hey, racing group,

how's it going?

I've got an invitation for you.

I was calling because that dog Sandy

is gonna race against Milagrito.

What? You've got to bet on

Milagrito. Come on, man.

We've known each other for a long time.

How are you betting on the other one?

sh*t, about 300 or 500 bucks.

So it's worth it.

Okay, see you. Bye.

Imagine a horse.

It's carrying at least

50 kilos on its back.

Dogs don't carry a thing.

Dogs will always win.

Depends on the

horse and the dog.

Hey there, everyone!

It's on.

In number one, Milagrito.

And in number two, Sandy.

The hundred, there they are.

A hundred thousand,

and bets on Milagrito.

Give me that.

Hundred, 200, 210,

310, 410.

-Four ten.

-A hundred more?

The bets are heavily in

favor of the greyhound.

The clear favorite.

A race considered by many

to already be decided.

One

Two

And Sandy takes the

lead effortlessly,

as if the track were

tilted in his favor.

In the first 50 meters,

he gains a body length ahead.

Milagrito trails behind.

The road ahead for the

supposed Kino winner

chasing the 2.4 billion grows

more difficult with every step.

Lotera gains a

significant advantage,

while the battle for the prize

intensifies even further.

For many, it's a lost cause.

One time we went to church,

God spoke through the pastor.

He said that he was going to

bless us abundantly as a family.

But that it would take

time until my dad changed.

I won't change. I've

always said that.

I told all my friends.

I won't change.

Milagrito charges full force

and overtakes the greyhound

in the final 20 meters.

Yes! He beats Sandy!

Milagrito takes the glory.

SEEK GOOD, AND NOT EVIL,

THAT YOU MAY LIVE. AMOS 5:14

The point of the testimony,

is to present key witnesses,

like the person who

actually did the analysis

and the one who

sold me the ticket.

I think that's the most

important thing in the trial.

She sold me the ticket.

I bought it from her.

She sold it to me.

My name is Ariela Aguilera.

I worked there for

about three years.

It was a gambling agency

in conjunction with

a payment center.

Ariela.

Lucho's a lawyer.

He's gonna ask you a bunch of

questions to try to confuse you.

-You just have to keep to the statement.

-Right.

I picked the numbers

and she knows that.

He's the winner.

We've known from day one

that he was the winner

because we receive the vouchers.

And on top of that,

they let my boss know.

He showed up,

and I told my coworker Ale,

"Yes, Javier was here."

"He came by, and I helped him."

I'm caught up in

all the hearings.

I didn't even get juice.

But there's water here, though.

If they see that there's an investigation,

if there are experts involved,

if this is properly

investigated,

it's only right it gets paid.

What's up?

There was an issue.

Lack of coordination

with the evidence.

-About what happened?

-Damn, that's messed up.

Because the guy from Lotera said

he wouldn't take our statement,

but theirs was fine.

No, that's impossible.

That complicates bringing

Ariela. She doesn't have time.

-They don't want the statements.

-No.

There's something

fishy going on here.

Honestly, I think Lotera

is behind all of this.

They know exactly when

something is about to happen.

It's just really unprofessional.

-Lotera doesn't want to take statements.

-Exactly.

-But you can't accept it.

-There's something shady going on.

You can't accept Lotera disrespecting

your time over and over again.

I'm already scheduled

with the witnesses.

-How many witnesses were there?

-Yes. Four.

Four? Okay - Four.

Now they say they're not

taking our statements.

Who said that? The lawyer?

Yes.

They said Lotera's

lawyer is opposed to it.

-Opposed to it?

-Yes.

Cristin says to go

in there for a second.

-Me?

-Yes. No, you.

Okay, in that case, what

would I have to do here?

For some reason beyond them,

or beyond him,

the testimonial evidence

couldn't be taken.

I didn't know the

other guy was here too.

I found out recently.

If there are two tickets like they

said, then what could have happened?

They could've made

a mistake, too.

Whenever other players came

in with their problems,

the clerk really seemed to prefer taking

any of their statements over ours.

Why has the case taken so long?

It's been five

years, and nothing.

They've still been investigating

what happened with the ticket.

So it can finally end, I

say just give us half each.

It'll be over, you know?

Sure.

How joyful, how joyful

How joyful I am, how joyful

When we're close

In March, it was

18, 19, 20,

21, 22, 23, 24

Six years. In March,

it was six years.

I find it truly incredible

how time has passed.

It's been more than six years since

the Javier Zapata story began.

Whatever justice determines,

as long as it's a fair ruling.

-For both sides.

-Mm-hmm.

And be done with this whole

-This whole wait.

-This wait that's been endless.

Mm-hmm.

But stay calm and walk away

with your head held high.

I always spoke the truth.

When you're able to get to

know him, when you talk to him,

if there's one

thing I'm sure of,

it's that he's an honest person.

He's not asking for anything

out of the ordinary.

He's simply asking for

justice to be served.

And personally, I believe him.

I believe he's

telling the truth.

The challenge, as you pointed

out, is proving that legal truth

more than the account he

has today to back it up.

Ariela knows the most

important thing for the trial.

She knows that I

picked the numbers.

HOW DID HE CHOOSE THE NUMBERS?

RANDOMLY OR BY SELECTION?

One of the two parties

is lying publicly.

Either Lotera or Javier.

Lotera claims the winning

numbers were chosen randomly.

But Javier picked those numbers

with his daughter.

TWO DAYS BEFORE THE DRAW

2018 MARCH

One, two, three.

Four, five.

Seven.

When we went to buy it,

my dad picked a ticket.

I told her, "Okay, sweetie,

give me the first numbers."

I told him one,

two, three and four,

five and seven.

I said, "But, sweetie I'm trying

to pick the winning numbers."

He said, "Pick some good ones."

I told him those were my numbers.

I chose nine, ten,

sixteen, nineteen,

twenty, twenty-four.

I don't remember them exactly,

but those were the ones I picked.

I got it from a little

Haitian guy dancing on TV

with a lottery ticket.

There was a commercial with a Haitian

guy holding a big sign like this,

showing it off and

dancing with it.

And his daughter isn't

going to be lying either.

Back then, she was much younger.

So, I believe him.

Hundred percent.

ON JULY 5, 2024, JAVIER ZAPATA

IS SUMMONED TO HEAR THE SENTENCE

Today, July 5th,

we'll see if we'll get

to hear the judgment.

Let's see what happens.

Lotera's lawyer,

he said,

"If a judge tells us to pay

the prize, we'll gladly pay."

So that's why I have faith

that if things go well for me,

Lotera will have to pay up.

I believe I'll win.

-Good afternoon, Mr. Zapata.

-Good afternoon, Mr. Bravo.

-How've you been?

-Fine, thanks.

We're here to find out about

the lawsuit, how we did.

So I know this case

has been dragging on.

Okay.

But today, we

received two rulings.

The judge, who gave

us the verdict,

has stated that,

for now,

it's not possible to confirm that

your ticket is the winning one.

Okay.

Nor the other person's.

Okay.

There's not enough certainty

to confirm that your

ticket is the winning one.

In light of this, what we advise as

our course of action going forward

is to file an appeal.

And this is something that I think I

recall mentioning in the beginning.

This outcome was likely.

The judge felt there

was no way to be sure,

due to the condition

of the ticket.

But what about my reputation?

Nothing left to do

but to keep on

working, that's it.

In every corner of our Biobo,

there are humble, hopeful people

dreaming of that moment when

the numbers on their ticket

match the winning combination.

People who don't dream of yacht

trips or luxury sports cars

or grand mansions.

They dream of much

simpler things.

Realer things.

Pay their debts.

Send their children to a

good school or university.

Cover medical expenses.

Simply being able

to sleep peacefully.

One in four and

a half million.

Those were the odds,

the cold figure.

But they never mentioned

the other possibility.

The more real one, the chance

that even after winning,

everything would stay

exactly the same.

But Javier understood

that true fortune

has nothing to do with the lottery,

the lawsuit or the verdict.

It's about returning to a place

where he never had to prove anything.

One's timing is

not God's timing.

Because in the end,

it's up to Him.

We've already waited

six years at this point.

What's a few more years?

I think it should be

much more important

for the truth to come out

than to win the prize.

This has been a blessing,

what God has given us.

But it was all

according to His way.

Whether they pay or not,

I won't change.

I'll keep being the same person.

It would just be about

facing life as it is.

Just like I've

always been doing.

ON JULY 20, 2024, JAVIER ZAPATA DECIDED

TO APPEAL AND CONTINUE HIS FIGHT,

WHICH COULD LAST FOR YEARS.

AFTER REPEATED INVITATIONS,

CONCEPCIN LOTTERY CHOSE NOT TO

PARTICIPATE IN THIS DOCUMENTARY.

TODAY, JAVIER AND BLANCA HAVE

REOPENED THEIR DAIRY FARM.

Ooh

Do you still play Kino?

Yeah. I even played one

on Friday, same ticket.

I still have it.

Haven't even checked it.

I have it.

I don't know if I left it

in the car or on the fridge.

I don't remember where I put it.

MILLIONAIRE

THE DIE IS CASTHIS IS A TRUE STORY, TOLD AND

PORTRAYED BY THOSE WHO LIVED IT.

TO THEM, OUR

HEARTFELT GRATITUDE.

AND TO ALL THOSE WHO SUPPORTED US

AND MADE THIS DOCUMENTARY POSSIBLE.