El Gordo, Spanish for "The Fat One," is Spain's annual Christmas lottery taking place Thursday. The world's richest sweepstakes, this year's prizes will total a fat $2.4 billion, ...

Agustin Moreno, owner of a lottery office, left, celebrates with Ainoha, Maribi and Monica, after selling the second prize Christmas lottery ticket ''El Gordo'' with the number 04536, in Pamplona ...

A spectator waits for the start of the annual Christmas lottery draw, known as El Gordo, or The Fat One, at Madrid's Teatro Real, Spain, on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024.

Spain's 'El Gordo' Christmas lottery goes to the number 88008 Lucky holders of 20-euro tickets with the number 88008 are celebrating. They have each won 400,000 euros ($440,000), in the top prize ...

Fortune shined Tuesday on the lucky holders of tickets with the number 72897 that took top prize in Spain’s huge Christmas lottery, known as “El Gordo” (The Fat One).

They call it "El Gordo" -- the fat one -- and the main prize in Spain's Christmas lottery, at more than $500,000, is a good lump of money. The fervor over ticket buying has become a national ...

What is El Gordo? Spain's massively popular Christmas lottery hands out 2.3 billion euros across the country. The lottery’s top prize per winning ticket is 400,000 euros (£355,000).

Fortune shined Tuesday on the lucky holders of tickets with the number 72897 that took top prize in the Spain’s huge Christmas lottery, known as “El Gordo” (The Fat One).The prize shelled ...

Didn't win Friday? There's always El Niño on Jan. 6. MADRID (MarketWatch) - "Mil euros." If you're here in Madrid on Friday, then you won't go far without hearing one of the kids from the San ...

For weeks, Spaniards had anticipated the arrival of "El Gordo" or "The Fat One." Skip to content. Close. Back America's Newspaper. 1. Subscribe. Close Sign in. Sign in Subscribe.

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, ...