Spain's massive lottery awards billions - Country pays out $2.2 billion during this year's Christmas lottery
Country's annual
Christmas lottery pays $ 2.2 billion this year, thousands of won, but now the
winning number for the top prize - 76 058 - El Gordo, or "big,"
garnered the highest price, According
Espanyastate-run lottery.
The
first prize has paid $ 950 million in total, or 43 percent of the total, and
most of the "El Gordo" was won by some residents of the historic
university town of Alcala de Henares, to the east of Madrid, said the
administration of lottery.
There,
in a working class neighborhood housing and many immigrants, the Spanish media
reported that the bottle of champagne popping in the office lottery sold many
winning tickets.
Spanish
habit of buying a portion of a ticket, with friends or family, the local bar or
at work, so much joy spreads around.
A
man in Alcala de Henares buy 10 shares - an amount known as a "full
ticket", and is now worth $ 5.2 million - and gave the other members of
the family. A beneficiary, the father of a
boy said he would try to buy a decent home and a car.
Another
winner was a cafe said he probably still open its doors on Monday, after going
to collect revenue to the bank, Spanish media reported.
The
prize went to the second largest majority of the inhabitants of the town of
Aranda de Duero, north of Madrid. Many
cities across the country got a piece of the action, and in parts of El Gordo
prize was sold in 15 Spanish provinces.
But
the recession of Spain and the unemployment rate reached 25% have clearly had
an impact on the use of the lottery this year.
Spanish
spent lottery tickets 8% less than last year, with the average Hispanic laying
only $ 68 for share of lottery tickets, down from $ 73 last year, the
administration of the lottery said.
The first prize has paid $ 950 million in total, or 43 percent of the total, and most of the "El Gordo" was won by some residents of the historic university town of Alcala de Henares, to the east of Madrid, said the administration of lottery.
There, in a working class neighborhood housing and many immigrants, the Spanish media reported that the bottle of champagne popping in the office lottery sold many winning tickets.
Spanish habit of buying a portion of a ticket, with friends or family, the local bar or at work, so much joy spreads around.
A man in Alcala de Henares buy 10 shares - an amount known as a "full ticket", and is now worth $ 5.2 million - and gave the other members of the family. A beneficiary, the father of a boy said he would try to buy a decent home and a car.
Another winner was a cafe said he probably still open its doors on Monday, after going to collect revenue to the bank, Spanish media reported.
The prize went to the second largest majority of the inhabitants of the town of Aranda de Duero, north of Madrid. Many cities across the country got a piece of the action, and in parts of El Gordo prize was sold in 15 Spanish provinces.
But the recession of Spain and the unemployment rate reached 25% have clearly had an impact on the use of the lottery this year.
Spanish spent lottery tickets 8% less than last year, with the average Hispanic laying only $ 68 for share of lottery tickets, down from $ 73 last year, the administration of the lottery said.
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