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Spanish Lottery
El Gordo – The fat one
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Spain's 'El Gordo' Christmas lottery awards billions
Spain's 'El Gordo' Christmas lottery awards billions
More than €2.4 billion will be shared by winners of Spain's "El Gordo'' Christmas lottery.
Spain's Christmas lottery winners share €2.4 billion
Spain's Christmas lottery winners share €2.4 billion
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Spaniards spend a fortune on 'the fat one'
Spaniards spend a fortune on 'the fat one'
In Spain, Christmas wouldn't be the same without El Gordo -- "the fat one." But that's not Santa Claus. It's the state lottery - the biggest in the world. Tickets sell for 200 euros each - yet virtually all Spaniards buy them, or at least a share in one. Lauren Frayer reports on this typically Spanish holiday tradition.
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