Millionaire (2025) Movie Script
1
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, fucking shit.
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.
Fuck!
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 cockfighting
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 kill 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, shit.
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?
Shit, 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.
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, fucking shit.
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.
Fuck!
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 cockfighting
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 kill 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, shit.
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?
Shit, 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.