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 ...

MADRID — 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. El ...

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 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 schoolchildren and watched live around the world.

The Margin Spain’s centuries-old ‘El Gordo’ lottery is handing out nearly $2.9 billion in winnings this year Didn’t win Friday? There’s always El Niño on Jan. 6.

MADRID — Spain kicked off the winter holidays with its huge Christmas lottery known as “El Gordo,” and an unemployed Peruvian woman was among the winners of The Fat One’s top 400,000-euro ...

On Thursday, the winner of the world-famous El Gordo lottery will be announced. The lotto has been held in Spain for more than two centuries, having been founded in 1812, according to The U.S. Sun .

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.

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 ...

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, ...

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. El ...