Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A spectator waits for the start of the annual Christmas lottery draw, known as El Gordo, or The Fat One, at ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

CHRISTMAS has arrived in Spain as ‘EL Gordo’ lottery sees billions of euros given out to lucky winners.  Spain drew the winners of the 2024’s ...

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 ...

If you’ve spent time in Spain during winter, you’ll have heard of El Gordo de Navidad, the famous Spanish Christmas lottery. This guide explains what all the excitement is about, and how you can ...

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 ...

MADRID (AP) — Spaniards have been anticipating the arrival of “El Gordo” or “The Fat One” for weeks. That’s the name of the first prize in Spain’s hugely popular national Christmas ...

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.