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The immensely popular lottery will distribute a total of $2.8 million in prizes this year, much of it in small prizes. Street and bar celebrations normally break out with winners singing and dancing.
Thrilled Spaniards sang, cheered and celebrated with cava bubbly throughout the country on Friday as the Christmas lottery draw known as "El Gordo" (The Fat One) dished out prizes in a centuries-old tradition that kicks off the holiday season. Many Spaniards club together with family, friends or co-workers to buy tickets.