For weeks, Spaniards had anticipated the arrival of “El Gordo” or "The Fat One." El Gordo is the first prize of Spain’s ...
Spain's world-famous "El Gordo" Christmas lottery distributed a record more than €2.7 billion ($2.8 billion) on Sunday, with ...
The 22 December annual Christmas lottery began during the Napoleonic wars in 1812 and has continued largely without ...
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 — 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.
Spanish broadcaster RTVE showed the typically four-hourlong event from the Teatro Real opera house in Madrid, in the presence ...