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 warbled out by school children and watched live around the world.

Spanish broadcaster RTVE showed the typically four-hourlong event from the Teatro Real opera house in Madrid, in the presence of around 400 spectators, it said. Most of the lottery tickets are sold in ...

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 Madrid on Sunday morning, with winnings totalling more than €2.7 billion ...

El Gordo is the first prize of Spain’s hugely popular national ... Buying and sharing these fractions, known in Spanish as “décimos” or tenths, is a popular tradition in the run-up to Christmas.

Spain's world-famous "El Gordo" Christmas lottery distributed a record more than €2.7 billion ($2.8 billion) on Sunday, with the lucky winners holding tickets with the number 72,480 in Logroño in La ...

But how did this lottery – called El Gordo (‘The Fat One’) – earn ... orphans singing the winning numbers in a time-honored tradition. Think of it as part concert, part lottery, and ...

As per tradition, pupils from Madrid's San Ildefonso ... the top prize, called "El Gordo" (the Fat One), amounts to €4 million for a full ticket. This year, El Gordo will be paid out 193 times ...