Overview
- Oversold Christmas lottery participations versus assigned décimos left an estimated €4 million gap for Villamanín winners.
- The town hall said the volunteer fiestas commission acted independently of municipal authority and offered public spaces to facilitate dialogue and unity.
- Roughly €2 million from commission members’ own tickets and participations has been placed under judicial deposit.
- Winners are set to receive about 10% less for now, with remaining funds to be distributed after March 22 if no complaints are filed.
- The commission’s new statement says it is consulting legal and notarial advisers, creating a centralized digital registry, preparing formal administrative and banking steps, and will open a single incident and queries channel.