Spain’s El Gordo lottery is paying out more than 2 billion euros in prizes Tuesday.
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Tickets cost 200 euros ($218) each, but groups of would-be winners often go in together on tickets and split the prize.
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The winning numbers for the country’s “el Gordo” jackpot – worth $2.4 billion this year – were revealed, followed by a contingent of winners stepping forward to claim their prize.
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Individuals chip in and purchase shares of many or several tickets in Spain in one among the most famous Christmas customs among families, friends or workmates.
El Gordo creates something of a frenzy each year in Spain, with long lines, sometimes hundreds of people deep, forming around ticket retailers weeks before the draw.
The lottery was first established as a charity in 1763, during the reign of King Carlos III, but its objective gradually shifted toward filling state coffers.
It comes just as the economy is recovering from the economic crisis and years of austerity, as well as a Spanish general election in Spain has left no political party with a clear majority. The lottery, which dates back to 1812, is an institution in the country with the odds of winning standing at one in six, according to the Spanish branch of The Local.
The prize ticket numbers are sung out by pupils of Madrid’s Saint Ildefonso School in a nationally televised event from the city’s Teatro Real opera house.
A worker opens a trap-door in a giant drum to let the balls bearing ticket numbers fall into a lower compartment before the start of Spain’s Christmas lottery, in Madrid, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015.
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Organizers said ticket sales totaled 2.5 billion euros this year, up 4.5 percent from last year. News storiesdisplayed here appear in our category for global and are licensed via a specific agreement between LongIsland.comand The Associated Press, the world’s oldest and largest news organization.
