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La Bruixa d'Or

Sort, Pallars Sobirà, Lleida

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La Bruixa d'Or

Curiosity · Sort, Pallars Sobirà, Lleida

La Bruixa d'Or is a lottery agency located in Sort, capital of the Pallars Sobirà, founded in 1986 by Xavier Gabriel under other initial names such as Stop or Estel. It is the one with the highest volume of lottery sales in all of Spain, a fame it owes in part to the play on words with the town's name, since sort means luck in Catalan. Since 1994 it has handed out more than thirty major prizes, including three Gordos of the Christmas Lottery and two first prizes of the El Niño draw, and it was a pioneer in selling lottery tickets over the internet. It is customary among buyers to rub their tickets on their nose or on the witch's broom located at the entrance of the shop. In 2013 it set a Guinness record by gathering 1,700 people dressed as witches in front of the establishment.

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