The Spanish Santa doesn't care if you're naughty or nice -- only if you're lucky. They call it "El Gordo" -- the fat one -- and the main prize in Spain's Christmas lottery, at more than $500,000 ...

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 ...

But it’s a tradition for family members to chip in for a ticket to the Spanish Christmas Lottery, whose top prize –- El Gordo, or the Fat One -– has been awarded annually for more than 200 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Spain's bumper Christmas lottery "El Gordo" starts dishing out millions of euros in prizes People across Spain are tuning into the television, radio and internet as children from Madrid’s San ...