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

After "El Gordo” was announced, audience members - some dressed in costume as Don Quijote, Christmas elves, Biblical wise men and the lottery itself - began streaming out of the venue, from which the ...

A lottery staff member displays the El Gordo, or The Fat One, lottery ball before the start of Spain's bumper Christmas lottery draw at Madrid's Teatro Real, Spain, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024.

The magic of the legendary Spanish Christmas lottery "El Gordo" has once again reached Austria this year: a 61-year-old Viennese woman was delighted to win a top prize!

MADRID (AP) — 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.

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.

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 have ...

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.

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.