Spain’s El Gordo Christmas lottery returns on December 22, offering €2.7bn in prizes, quirky traditions and one of the ...

MADRID (AP) — 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. El Gordo is ...

The holidays can be expensive to navigate, from buying presents for family members to covering travel costs. Some lucky souls, however, are about to be a whole lot richer thanks to a Spanish Christmas ...

If you’re here in Madrid on Friday, then you won’t go far without hearing one of the kids from the San Ildefonso school singing their way through the winning lottery numbers. This year, the lottery ...

MADRID (Reuters) - Thousands of Spaniards including humble restaurant workers and care home residents celebrated wins in the world's biggest lottery draw on Monday, scooping up shares in over 2.2 ...

MADRID (AP) — Spain kicked off the winter holidays with its huge Christmas lottery known as “El Gordo,” and an unemployed Peruvian woman was among the winners of The Fat One’s top 400,000-euro ...

Christmas has come early for hundreds of lucky ticket holders in Spain as they are set to share the spoils of the world’s largest lottery, totaling $2.86 billion. Known as "El Gordo," meaning "the fat ...

MADRID — People across Spain are tuning into the television, radio and internet as children from Madrid's San Ildefonso school Friday began singing out the prize-winning numbers in Spain's huge ...

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. El Gordo is the ...