Dream turns true: One Fuengirola resident nets €1m after night-time vision of ONCE jackpot

A local resident from Fuengirola walked up to an ONCE stand last weekend clutching a dream that had just come true. He told the seller, José Manuel Campos, better known as Josele, that he had dreamt of landing a million euros on a Mega Millonario scratchcard. Moments later he scratched the ticket right there in Plaza de la Hispanidad near the fairground and discovered he really had bagged the top prize.

Josele, who has sold tickets in the town for five years, said the winner hugged him and kept thanking him in disbelief. “He told me he had dreamt it would be a million with an ONCE rasca, and when it happened, he just couldn’t believe it,” the vendor explained. Both men were left chuffed beyond compare, though the new millionaire was understandably more so. Josele added he still struggles to take it in himself, glad to have handed over a life-changing win to someone who needed the boost.

Local seller delivers top Mega Millonario prize on the spot

Fortune struck at the regular ONCE pitch beside the fairground. The lucky buyer scraped the card on the street and instantly became a millionaire. Josele described the shared excitement, stressing that changing someone’s life is exactly why the sellers are there – to bring a bit of joy.

How ONCE lottery tickets fund support across Spain

Previous Euro Weekly News reports on big ONCE wins, from Marbella payouts to other Costa del Sol successes, show how the system works. ONCE, the National Organisation of Spanish Blind People, runs daily coupon draws and instant rasca scratchcards such as Mega Millonario.

Authorised sellers, many of them visually impaired, offer the tickets at street stands and kiosks. Money raised goes straight into programmes that help blind and disabled people with training, jobs and daily support. Players simply buy a card, scratch it or wait for the draw, and any win is paid out after checks, keeping the whole operation focused on both chance and community good.

Fuengirola has seen its share of lucky breaks lately, and this million-euro result continues the run with a proper fairytale twist that started in a dream.