National Lottery unveils commemorative ticket for Book Day

With the aim of contribute to culture, the promotion of reading and the dissemination of National Book Day and International Library Daythe National Lottery and the Network of Libraries and Archives of the Historical Center of CDMX (RBACH), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE), through the Diplomatic Historical Collection, They unveiled the Major Draw ticket No. 3991.

National Lottery will commemorate libraries

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The general director of the National Lottery, Olivia Salomón, He pointed out that the bill celebrates two commemorations united by the same cause, knowledge, memory and freedom, it is a tribute to those who care for, promote and defend libraries as spaces of knowledge.“may this ticket also be an invitation to enter a library, to defend the memory that belongs to all of us, because an open library is a living homeland and because an open book is a possible future.”

He highlighted that, “libraries and books have a silent, but deeply transformative force. They do not build walls: they build bridges, open paths and weave community.”

In this regard, the Legal Consultant of the SRE, Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga, highlighted the reading as a fundamental value of humanism and as a key factor in democratization, equality and development of peoples. He noted that the book is the best antidote to intellectual sedentary lifestyle.

In his participation, Rodrigo Borja Torres, general director of Libraries of the Ministry of Culture, stated that, more than a space for reading, the library goes much further, because it is an authentic community center and a center that generates culture. He also mentioned that Mexico has the largest network of libraries in Latin America and that almost 70 percent of the cultural activities carried out in the country have to do with libraries or are carried out within them.

They promote the rescue of books

During her intervention, the general director of Libraries and Digital Information Services of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Elsa Margarita Ramírez Leyva, recalled the cultural power of books, which have their origins in clay tablets and evolved into papyrus, manuscripts, printed books and today electronic books. In addition, he pointed out the relevance of libraries as open spaces, with freedom of thought and accessible information.

In his message, the director of the Melchor Ocampo Library of the Senate of the Republic and coordinator of the legislation table of the Historical Center Library Network, Ricardo Montes Gómez, noted that the lottery ticket is a reminder that knowledge must be universal and accessible, Likewise, in this era of immediacy of information, spaces such as Libraries are required. “This bill is a call to value and care for these treasures that are physical proof of our intellectual legacy,” he concluded.

Olivia Salomón highlighted that with 255 years of history, the National Lottery is part of the four great transformations of the country. Likewise, she reported that the Big Draw No. 3991 has a Jackpot Prize of 21 million pesos in three series and a distributable purse of 66 million pesos.

With a cost of 30 pesos per piece and 600 pesos per series, the three million 600 thousand pieces are now available for purchase throughout the country, through points of sale and at miloteria.mx. The draw will be broadcast live on the institutional YouTube channel Traditional Draws of the National Lottery.