The details in this contemporary story were likely influenced by the story of Theseus and the Minotaur are the following:
holding a yearly drawing
using the color black to indicate the unlucky winner
sacrificing people from the town every year
The contemporary story referred to is The Hunger Games. In this story, they hold an annual game where tributes from different districts are chosen to fight each other to the death. The last one standing will be the winner and his/her district will be benefit from his/her winnings.
