The Spanish
Christmas Lottery, the ‘El Gordo’ or ‘The Fat One’ is the biggest lottery in
the world. It started in 1812 during the reign of Carlos V and has become a
huge event. It is actually so popular that they start to sell the tickets in
August. The winning prize is ridiculously big, the total prize pool is 2 520
000 000 Euros (more than 2.5 billion Euros!).
This Lottery
is always played on the 22nd of December. In the last days leading
up to the deadline you can see people queuing in front of the lottery selling
places as even those who don’t like gambling will participate in this one.
This is not
your average kind of lottery as it has its own rules. You can buy a whole
ticket or you can buy part of a ticket, too, but this means that the prize will
be divided as well. There aren’t only first, second and third prizes but also
thousands of smaller ones. Due to this the draw takes hours and some people
will stay glued to their telly to watch the whole show, clutching their ticket
in their hands.
The draw is
conducted by two children, a boy and a girl form the San Idelfonso School in
Madrid. It is quite peculiar as the children are singing while drawing the numbers.
Here’s a short youtube video to demonstrate.
You don’t
have to be Spanish to play the El Gordo. Have a look at the website
thefatone.com, it explains everything in English.
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