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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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.. Spanish ...

'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.

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.

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.

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

MADRID (AP) — For weeks, Spaniards had anticipated the arrival of “El Gordo” or ‘El Gordo’ lottery in Spain spreads Christmas riches worth $2.8 billion – Winnipeg Free Press March 14, 2025 ...