Spain's 'El Gordo' Christmas lottery doles a total of $ billion in prizes

While the Mega Millions drawing is impressive, it's not even half the jackpot of the traditional Christmas lottery in Spain known as “El Gordo”

The national lottery on December 22nd engages the whole nation as people hope for a prize in the world's biggest lottery known as 'El Gordo'

lottery sambad 12 baje How it works El Gordo de Verano works more like a traditional raffle than a regular lottery Each ticket carries a 5 digit number and it's up to you whether

evening lottery Spain's El Gordo lottery pays out €56m to a town where almost a third of the people are out of work