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 ...

El Gordo, which is held annually on Dec. 22, is a key part of the Christmas season in Spain, offering one of the largest lottery prize pools in the world.

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 Christmas lottery 'El Gordo' starts dishing out billions of dollars in prizes The immensely popular lottery will distribute a total of $2.8 billion in prizes this year, much of it in small ...

From the archives (December 2016): 'El Gordo' and its $2.4 billion jackpot draw crowds to Spain's luckiest lottery shop -Barbara Kollmeyer ...

MADRID — 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 400,000-euro ...

Spain's world-famous "El Gordo" lottery on Sunday broadcast the €2.7 billion ($2.8 billion) Christmas draw, as millions of people awaited to see if their fortunes had changed.

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 ...

The Margin Spain’s centuries-old ‘El Gordo’ lottery is handing out nearly $2.9 billion in winnings this year Didn’t win Friday? There’s always El Niño on Jan. 6.

'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 ...

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

Lottery ticket shop workers celebrate after selling the winning Christmas lottery ticket known as El Gordo, or The Fat One, in Logroño, Spain, Sunday Dec. 22, 2024.