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 world's richest lottery electrified Spain on Sunday morning as the raffle — known as El Gordo, or "The Fat One" — dished out its biggest prize for its annual Christmas raffle. Winning ticket No.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fortune shined Tuesday on the lucky holders of tickets with the number 72897 that took top prize in the Spain’s huge Christmas lottery, known as “El Gordo” (The Fat One). The prize shelled out ...

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 ...