When you think of Christmas in Spain, a few things might come to mind: bustling holiday markets, lavish feasts, and the ...

Spain’s 200-year-old holiday lottery "The Fat One" delivered a hefty prize again this year, with over $2.8 billion in prizes ...

Spanish broadcaster RTVE showed the typically four-hourlong event from the Teatro Real opera house in Madrid, in the presence ...

In 1892, the first El Gordo Navideño lottery draw was held under the helm ... discuss their number selections and dreams of winning big. One of the greatest traditions in Gordo Navideño is, perhaps, ...

Spain's world-famous "El Gordo" Christmas lottery organizers began broadcasting the draw from the Teatro Real opera house in ...

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 ...

Spain's world-famous "El Gordo" Christmas lottery distributed a record more than €2.7 billion ($2.8 billion) on Sunday, with ...

In Spain, the traditional Christmas lottery, known as 'El Gordo', distributes 2.71 billion euros in prizes. The main prize went to Logroño in La Rioja. The event, marked by festivities and embraced by ...

The 22 December annual Christmas lottery began during the Napoleonic wars in 1812 and has continued largely without ...