Friends and neighbors of 44-year old Alcibiades Mariñez Espinosa saw him for only half an hour after the taxi driver won RD$29.9 million by guessing the Lotto. Mariñez moved to an unknown address with his 17 year old son Oscar Eduardo and 12-year old son Alcibiades. A third son, 4-year old José, and mother Flores Cuevas, live in New York. Hoy newspaper reported they will be back in Santo Domingo to formally receive the prize money. Maríñez worked as a taxi driver for the Taxi Leo company and lived in the slum area of La Chivera, in the Cristo Rey section. He filled out the winning ticket at a liquor store in Villa Mella. Hoy reports that he said he would buy a house with the money, and then decide what to do with the rest.
