23 With the "El Gordo" (The Big One) lottery draw just round the corner (December 22nd), recently released statistics show that Spaniards on average spent 61 euros each on the Christmas Big One for a total prize of 2,574 million euros. However, during the course of the year, Spaniards spend nearly 26,800,000,000 euros on lottery tickets, bingo, casinos, coupons, etc. A complete number in the Big One costs 39,000 euros but people normally buy it in fractions which cost 20 euros and the odds are 66,000 to one against winning. The Big One lottery dates back to 1812, when the holder of the winning number won five million pesetas, a huge fortune in those days. The next big lottery draw is "El Niño" (Baby Jesus) on January 6th, which is much younger. It was registered on the official lists of winning numbers for the first time in 1966 but it is believed to have been unofficially played since 1941. Ticket fractions cost 20 euros and the total prize money to be won is 800 million euros.
Monday, December 13, 2004
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