Man Wins Picasso Painting in Charity Lottery
Introduction
A lottery in Paris gave away a Pablo Picasso painting. The painting is worth 1.45 million euros. The money from the lottery helps people study Alzheimer's disease.
Main Body
The event was called “1 Picasso for 100 euros.” Ari Hodara is a 58-year-old engineer. He bought one ticket for 100 euros. He won the painting. The painting is a picture of a woman. It is from 1941. A journalist named Peri Cochin organized this event. He did this two times before. Those events raised 10 million euros for help in Africa and Lebanon. This lottery sold 120,000 tickets. It made 12 million euros. The Opera Gallery got 1 million euros. The Alzheimer's Research Foundation got the rest of the money. This foundation helps doctors in a Paris hospital. The head of the foundation says the world needs more money to fight this brain disease.
Conclusion
The raffle gave a famous painting to a man in Paris. It raised 12 million euros to help doctors find a cure for Alzheimer's.