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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).

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, give or take a ...

Spain’s 200-year-old holiday lottery, "The Fat One," delivered a hefty prize again this year, with over $2.8 billion in prizes warbled out by schoolchildren and watched live around the world.

People wait for the start of the draw at Madrid's Teatro Real opera house during Spain's bumper Christmas lottery draw known as El Gordo, or The Fat One, in Madrid, Spain, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023.

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). The prize shelled out ...

Spain's annual Christmas lottery paid our $2.2 billion to thousands of winners The biggest prize -- El Gordo -- was won by residents in Alcala de Henares The lottery intake was $3.2 billion, but ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

'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. Suman Naishadham.