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Dec 22, 2021 7:48 AM CST

Spain Just Gave Its People $2.7B

The country's annual Christmas lottery has been occurring since 1812

(Newser) - Spaniards looking for a respite from the pandemic’s gloom and doom turned their attention Wednesday to a rite that for more than two centuries has marked the beginning of the festive period: the country’s bumper Christmas lottery, known as "El Gordo," or "The Fat One....

Spain Just Gave
Its People $2.43B

Dec 22, 2019 8:53 AM CST

Spain Just Gave Its People $2.43B

Via 'El Gordo' annual lottery

(Newser) - The lucky holders of ticket number 26590 struck it rich in Spain on Sunday when they won the top prize in the nation’s bumper Christmas lottery. The top-prize winning number, known as El Gordo (the Fat One), worth $436,000 fell out of the enormous metallic shuffling bins in...

After 14 Years
of Playing 66513,
They Won World's
Biggest Lottery

Dec 22, 2016 11:35 AM CST

After 14 Years of Playing 66513, They Won World's Biggest Lottery

It's that day each year when you wish you were a Spaniard

(Newser) - There was much celebration in Madrid Thursday after all the tickets with the top prize-winning number in Spain's $2.4 billion Christmas lottery were sold in one city neighborhood. The number 66513 appeared on 1,650 tickets in the lottery known as El Gordo ("The Fat One"),...

School's Fundraising Effort Ends in $327M Windfall

Dec 23, 2015 10:39 AM CST

School's Fundraising Effort Ends in $327M Windfall

The El Gordo lottery takes Spain once again

(Newser) - It's time for the annual story that makes you wish you were Spanish. Spain has once again held its famous El Gordo lottery, doling out a total $2.4 billion to its people, reports the AP . Number 79140 was the big winner this year; the Telegraph reports that 160...

Spain's Christmas Gift to
Its People: $3.4B Lottery

Dec 23, 2013 8:33 AM CST

Spain's Christmas Gift to Its People: $3.4B Lottery

Annual 'El Gordo' holiday lottery rains cash on beleaguered Spaniards

(Newser) - Spain, which has had not a lot to celebrate in the financial realm in recent memory, is basking in the glow of its annual exercise in literally throwing scads of cash to the wind: Yesterday's "El Gordo" lottery saw some $3.4 billion awarded to thousands of winners...

Spain Gives Out $1.1B Lottery

Jan 6, 2013 10:09 AM CST

Spain Gives Out $1.1B Lottery

Bad news: There's a 20% income tax due to austerity measures

(Newser) - Endless recession or not, Spain's crazy-huge lotteries go on: The traditional Jan. 6 lottery known as El Niño today showered $1.1 billion on those lucky enough to have the winning numbers, reports the AP . The lottery isn't even Spain's largest (a Dec. 22 lotto known...

'El Gordo' Holiday Lottery
to Pay Out $3B

Dec 22, 2010 1:00 AM CST

'El Gordo' Holiday Lottery to Pay Out $3B

World's richest lottery spreads the wealth

(Newser) - Spain is bringing billions of holiday good wishes to winners of the world's richest lottery. The contest known as "El Gordo"—the Fat One—is paying out a whopping $3 billion in cash. But the money doesn't go into a single jackpot. Instead it's doled out in a...