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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Drug cartels in the Mexican state of Sinaloa have near complete control in all aspects of society, both the physical and ...

The Christmas lottery in Costa Rica has its roots in the late 19th century. In 1892, the first El Gordo Navideño lottery draw was held under the helm of President Jose Joaquin Rodriguez. The initial ...

The country's beloved Christmas lottery, known as "El Gordo" or "the fat one", is a national event held every year on December 22, and prompts long queues outside lottery offices and public ...

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