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December 22nd, 2009
The first prize in the annual Christmas lottery, known as El Gordo (the fat one), amounting to three million euros has been won by the number 78,294 and was sold in the city of Madrid. The second prize of one million euros, was for number 53,152, sold in the Madrid ...
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December 29th, 2009
After the huge amount of excitement and winners in Spain's 'El Gordo' Christmas lottery, on the 6th of January there is a second holiday lottery draw called El Niño - which is allocated a huge 840 million euros in prize money. The draw consists of 60 sets of 100,000 tickets each ...
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September 24th, 2010
Spain’s Council of Ministers has approved a draft of a new Gambling Act, which is designed to regulate and tax all forms of gambling including online, interactive television and mobile gambling. The draft legislation has tax and regulatory provisions relating to advertising, sponsorship, consumer protection
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December 3rd, 2010
The tension is palpable across Spain right now as people across the country get ready, not for Christmas but for the El Gordo (fat one) - the biggest lottery in the world - on December 22nd. Lottery tickets are on sale all year for the huge draw, but it’s in December ...
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December 20th, 2010
The biggest gamblers in Spain, according to the amount spent per person on tickets for this year's 'El Gordo' lottery, live in La Rioja. Residents from the region have spent 101.24 euros each in a bid to win a part of the expected 2.35 billion euro prize fund. Castilla y Leon ...
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December 22nd, 2010
The world's biggest lottery payout – Spain's €2.3bn Christmas El Gordo "Fat One" – sprayed money across the country today, with shares in the winning ticket reportedly spread through several towns and cities. The announcement of the winning number sparked celebrations in
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January 7th, 2011
A Madrid neighborhood, where in recent years numerous immigrants, mainly South Americans, have settled, shared on Thursday the first prize in the extraordinary "El Niño" lottery that each year marks the end of the Christmas holidays in Spain. On January 6th each year, the Lottery Palace in Madrid holds the traditional ...
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