Spain's Christmas lottery spreads cash and seasonal joy

'El Gordo' lottery in Spain spreads Christmas riches worth $2.8 billion
El Gordo is the first prize of Spain’s hugely popular national Christmas lottery, which is said to be the world’s largest based on the total prize money involved, even though other lotteries have larger single prizes. This year's draw will spread riches totaling 2.7 billion euros (around $2.8 billion), much of it in small winnings.
Spain's Christmas lottery spreads cash and seasonal joy to winners
Players with winning tickets in Spain's huge Christmas lottery draw on Sunday celebrated with sparkling wine, cheers and hugs in a 200-year-old tradition that marks the beginning of the Christmas season.
Spain's 'El Gordo' Christmas lottery hands out billions in record sum
Spain's world-famous "El Gordo" Christmas lottery distributed a record more than €2.7 billion ($2.8 billion) on Sunday, with the lucky winners holding tickets with the number 72,480 in Logroño in La Rioja in northern Spain.
Spain’s ‘Fat One’ Christmas lottery spreads winning prizes across nation
For weeks, Spaniards have been anticipating the arrival of “El Gordo” or "The Fat One", the first prize of Spain’s hugely popular national Christmas lottery.
World's oldest lottery, Spain's 'El Gordo', gives away millions in Christmas draw
The 22 December annual Christmas lottery began during the Napoleonic wars in 1812 and has continued largely without interruption since then. #EuropeNews
Spain's 'El Gordo' lottery begins $2.8 billion draw
Spain's world-famous "El Gordo" Christmas lottery organizers began broadcasting the draw from the Teatro Real opera house in Madrid on Sunday morning, with winnings totalling more than €2.7 billion ($2.
Spain: World's biggest lottery El Gordo awards billions
Spanish broadcaster RTVE showed the typically four-hourlong event from the Teatro Real opera house in Madrid, in the presence of around 400 spectators, it said. Most of the lottery tickets are sold in Spain but an increasing number of foreigners are participating online.
El Gordo lottery fever sweeps Spain as Christmas truly commences
The most coveted prize, El Gordo, was announced as Number 72408, valued at €400,000 per ticket, had been sold in a lottery shop in Logroño.
What is El Gordo? Spain’s national Christmas lottery takes place this weekend
SPAIN will be holding its breath this Sunday morning as numbers are drawn for the festive lottery El Gordo(the Fat One). It's the world's second-longest
Lottery winners celebrate 'The Fat One' jackpot in Spain
Winners of Spain's traditional Christmas lottery celebrate with cheers and hugs:: December 22, 2024:: Madrid, SpainThe top prize, known as "El Gordo" (The Fat One), was won by ticket buyers in the northern city of Logrono,
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2.7 billion euros: Spain eagerly awaits “El Gordo”
In Spain, the "El Gordo" lottery is as much a part of the Christmas season as gingerbread and mulled wine in Germany. "El ...
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Lottery season in Spain
December and January are lottery season in Spain. Firstly, on 22nd of December “El Gordo” winners will be announced and on ...