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Over 2 billion euros to be won in Spain’s Christmas lottery On Kindly Share This Story: Millions of people in Spain were waiting with baited breath as the winners were drawn in the annual Christmas lottery, known as El Gordo (The Fat One), in a ceremony that began on Tuesday morning. Numerous prizes, large and small, were available to be won during the the event, which lasts up to four hours. The biggest prize is worth 4 million euros (4.9 million dollars) and some 2.4 billion euros is to be paid out in total. The big prize is paid out 172 times, as each of the 100,000 numbers is sold tha...

Spain's 'El Gordo' Christmas lottery awards billions More than €2.4 billion will be shared by winners of Spain's "El Gordo'' Christmas lottery, with a top prize of €4 million. There were 172 top division winners. The winning numbers are sung by children on national television Spain's "El Gordo" lottery paid out €2.4 billion ($2.93 billion) to winners on Wednesday. Different from other lotteries that have only a few big winners, "El Gordo" (the "Fat One") shares the wealth of its €2.4 billion pot with thousands of winners nationwide. The biggest prize is worth €4 million. With ...

Spain's El Gordo Christmas lottery awards billions Spain's El Gordo lottery paid out €2.4 billion ($2.93 billion) to winners on Wednesday. Different from other lotteries that have only a few big winners, El Gordo (the Fat One) shares the wealth of its €2.4 billion pot to thousands of winners nationwide. The biggest prize is worth €4 million. With a winning number of 72897, it paid out 172 times, Since a full El Gordo ticket, which costs €200, is too expensive for many players, people often buy one-tenth of a ticket, entitling them to a 10% share. For those lucky winners, their €400...

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Fortune shined Tuesday on the lucky holders of tickets with the number 72897 that took top prize in Spain’s huge Christmaslottery, known as "El Gordo" (The Fat One). The prize shelled out 400,000 euros ($489,000), or some 325,000 euros after tax, to holders of 20-euro tickets bearing the number. In keeping with tradition, the number was called out by children from Madrid’s San Ildefonso school in a nationally televised draw at Madrid’s Teatro Real opera house, although this year the event was held under tig...

Spain waits for winning numbers in world's richest lottery - with £2.4bn up for grabs Christmas lottery - staged each year on December 22 - is ranked as the world’s richest for the total prize money involved (Image: Getty Images) Sign up to our free newsletter for the top North Wales stories sent straight to your e-mail Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up now! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPri...