Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Staff and relatives of the AFADLA residence who won ticket number 79432 in the special draw for the Spanish "El Gordo" Christmas ...

If there’s one Spanish tradition that gets absolutely everyone talking in December, it’s the Spanish Christmas Lottery, Lotería de Navidad, better known as El Gordo. It’s less about becoming a ...

The town of La Bañeza - which has a population of around 11,000 - was badly affected by wildfires in the summer [EPA] Spain's Christmas lottery has been welcomed as an "injection of hope" in the ...

Spain’s 200-year-old holiday lottery "The Fat One" delivered a hefty prize again this year, with over $2.8 billion in prizes warbled out by school children and watched live around the world. The ...

Workers prepare the numbered lottery balls ahead the annual Christmas lottery draw, known as El Gordo, or The Fat One, at Madrid's Teatro Real, Spain, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025.

Spain's traditional Christmas lottery draw kicked off on Monday (December 22) at the Royal Theater in Madrid where the children of San Ildefonso school began calling out the winning numbers that will ...

Children from Madrid's San Ildefonso school pick out lottery ticket numbers during the annual Christmas lottery draw, known as El Gordo, or The Fat One, at Madrid's Teatro Real, Spain, Monday, Dec. 22 ...