El Gordo is the first prize of Spain’s hugely popular national Christmas lottery, which is said to be the world’s largest ...

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

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

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

Spain's Christmas lottery event, known as 'El Gordo', is a celebrated tradition with a prize pot of 2.71 billion euros. Young pupils draw winning numbers, with significant prizes going to participants ...

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

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 ...

In Spain, the "El Gordo" lottery is as much a part of the Christmas season as gingerbread and mulled wine in Germany. "El Gordo" lives up to its name every year - this year around 2.7 billion ...

The N-332 road along the Vega Baja coastline has earned the name of the “Golden Mile” thanks to the Christmas Lottery, El ...

SPAIN will be holding its breath this Sunday morning as numbers are drawn for the festive lottery El Gordo(the Fat One). It’s the world’s second-longest continuously running lottery and takes ...

How to get involved in one of Spain's Christmas traditions, El Gordo de Navidad lottery. Credit: elgordo.com If you’ve spent time in Spain during winter, you’ll have heard of El Gordo de Navidad, the ...

There's also an annual Christmas lottery, called El Gordo ("The Big One"), which is the biggest of its kind. The grand event has roots tracing back to the 1800s. Much of the holiday celebration in ...