Guillermo, the Colombian Winner of El Gordo in Marbella Who Will Help His Family

Guillermo Silva is a resident of Marbella who this Monday was fortunate enough to win three tickets of El Gordo from the Christmas Lottery, a prize he plans to use to support his four children in Spain and his siblings in Colombia.

This Colombian, settled in the city, shared how he bought three tickets at the bar El Leonés, in the Las Palmeras area, which distributed a flood of millions in the town after selling more than 300 tickets of the first prize, number 79,432.

Silva highlighted that he usually buys ten tickets but this time he purchased the Christmas lottery "very late" and the owner was able to "get me three" after “begging him”. He received the news this morning while walking his dogs, mentioning that he had just gotten up at 10:30, around the time El Gordo was announced.

"My cousin called me and told me we won El Gordo," the man said, noting hours after winning that he felt "calmer than ever" and "serene," still processing the news.

He explained that he will dedicate the prize to helping his eleven siblings in Colombia since the situation in the country is “a bit difficult” and to his four children in Spain, stressing that this is his “priority,” and he also mentioned that he has "many promises to fulfill."

At the same time, he remembered his mother, who passed away fifteen years ago, whom he said "helped him in everything" to come to Spain, where he has lived for over 24 years.

"Because of her I am here and I thank her for everything, I asked her for a lot and I have a photo where I placed the lottery tickets. I said, mom, help me even with just a small blessing, and thanks to God, I was blessed," he emphasized.

Silva celebrated his Christmas prize "very calmly" before going to work at the karting track in Ojén, convinced that although luck has smiled on him this Monday, "it's time to be humble and help my children and my siblings," emphasizing that this is what “excites him the most.” He added that for him, the “important” thing is to have “health.”