The immensely popular lottery will distribute a total of $2.8 billion in prizes this year, much of it in small prizes. Street and bar celebrations normally break out with winners singing and dancing.

MADRID — For weeks, Spaniards had anticipated the arrival of “El Gordo” or "The Fat One." But unlike Santa Claus, El Gordo arrived three days before Christmas, before noon on Sunday. El ...

MADRID (AP) — Lucky holders of 20-euro tickets with the number 88008 are celebrating after winning 400,000 euros ($440,000) each in the top prize of Spain’s huge Christmas lottery. People ...

Spain kicked off the winter holidays with its huge Christmas lottery known as "El Gordo," and an unemployed Peruvian woman was among the winners of The Fat One's top $425,000 prize Thursday.

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 of Spain's huge Christmas lottery.

Spain's popular lottery known as “EL Gordo" (the fat one) often prompts street and bar celebrations , with winners uncorking bottles of sparkling wine and singing and dancing.

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.

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 of Spain's huge Christmas lottery.

Store employees celebrate after selling the winning Christmas lottery ticket known as El Gordo, or The Fat One, in Logrono, Spain, Dec. 22, 2024.

'El Gordo' lottery in Spain spreads Christmas riches worth $2.8 billion Spaniards have been anticipating the arrival of “El Gordo” or “The Fat One” for weeks ...