El Gordo

• The world's biggest lottery is in Spain and is nicknamed 'El Gordo', which means 'the fat one.' 

• It happens the 22nd December

• The official name is El Sorteo Extraordinario de Navidad but often called 'Lotería de Navidad' - the Spanish Christmas lottery.

• In 2018 the total prize amount was 2.38 billion euro and can be won by around 15,000 winning ticket numbers in different amounts

• The Christmas Lottery campaign video features four video spots which each have a story to remind us that when you share a décimo lottery ticket, you share much more

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei-_M_3aTyI

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Think of 5 numbers and write them in a line

Eg. 00356 or 17654 or 77899, etc.

Would you be the winner?

Lets have a look to the winning numbers

The lottery draw is managed by the Spanish government. 30% of the lottery sales goes to the government in taxes and 70% is paid out in prizes

• El Gordo lottery dates back over two hundred years to 4th March 1812

• Every 22nd December from 9am in the morning forty children aged 8 to 14 years old from the school 'Colegio de San Ildefonso' in Segovia, which was formerly an orphanage

• The ceremony takes place at the 'Teatro Real de Madrid' and takes just over three hours. It's very sweet and Christmas in Spain just wouldn't be the same without it.

• Naturally because of the money involved it's very exciting viewing if you have a ticket watching the winning numbers as they are called out. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzmTovfby1s