BARCELONA, Spain-Those holding ticket number 03347 struck it rich Saturday when they won the top prize in Spain's famous Christmas lottery. The lottery, known as El Gordo, or "The Fat One," dished out ...

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 ...

A lottery staff member displays a El Gordo, or The Fat One, lottery ball before the annual Christmas lottery draw, known as El Gordo, or The Fat One, at Madrid's Teatro Real, Spain, Monday, Dec. 22, ...

MADRID — People lucky enough to hold tickets with the number 71198 were blessed with hundreds of thousands of euros in prize money in Spain's bumper Christmas lottery Friday. Children from Madrid's ...

Sophie Atkinson is a UK-based journalist and content writer, as well as a founder of a content agency which focuses on storytelling through social media… The Germany gambling regulator, known as ...

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.