00:02This Frenchman was in disbelief, and said it was pure luck that he won a Picasso painting worth 1 million
00:09euros in a non-profit raffle on Tuesday.
00:12Ari Hodara was selected as the winner of the Head of a Woman portrait by Pablo Picasso in 1941,
00:21at random at Christie's Auction House in Paris from 120,000 tickets sold at 100 euros apiece.
00:30The 59-year-old software engineer from Paris could not believe his luck as he even asked whether it was
00:36a prank during a video call with the organizer.
00:39The One Picasso for 100 euros raffle was launched in 2013, but this was the first time that all the
00:46tickets were sold out.
00:48My reaction. I was surprised. That's it. Actually, when you bet on this, you don't expect to win, but I'm
01:02very happy because I'm very interesting by painting.
01:06It's a great news for me.
01:08It's a great news for me.
01:09The value, it interests everyone, of course, but again, it's not what I put in the first place to answer
01:18honestly to your question.
01:20So, I'll answer very honestly.
01:22Before 10 o'clock, Paris time, we were sold out. We had to shut down the site and we stopped
01:30selling because we had no more tickets.
01:32And the winner, I think, it's a great thing that he is in Paris. Everyone can go and see him
01:39immediately and get an interview from him.
01:43And it's going to be very easy for us to deliver the painting. So, we're happy.
01:47The raffle aims to support charities by giving participants a chance to win an original work by the famed Spanish
01:54artist, with this being the third edition.
01:58One million euros from the sales will go to international gallery chain Opera Gallery, the painting's current owner,
02:04while the remaining proceeds of approximately 11 million euros will be donated to France's Fondation Research Alzheimer.
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