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MADRID (Reuters) - Muted celebrations on Tuesday greeted the draw for Spain s annual El Gordo lottery, with the usual live audience absent from Madrid s Royal Theatre and COVID curbs also thinning the often flamboyantly dressed crowds outside to a handful of onlookers.
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Crowds Absent As Spain Draws 2.4 Billion Euro Christmas Lottery
Muted celebrations on Tuesday greeted the draw for Spain s annual El Gordo lottery, with the usual live audience absent from Madrid s Royal Theatre and COVID curbs also thinning the often flamboyantly dressed crowds outside to a handful of onlookers.
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MADRID: Muted celebrations on Tuesday greeted the draw for Spain’s annual El Gordo lottery, with the usual live audience absent from Madrid’s Royal Theatre and COVID curbs also thinning the often flamboyantly dressed crowds outside to a handful of onlookers.
Continuing a two-centuries-old tradition that kicks off the festive season, children sang out the winning numbers, including a first prize potentially worth 688 million euros ($842 million).
2020-12-22 16:40:27 GMT2020-12-23 00:40:27(Beijing Time) Sina English
An official of Spain’s Christmas Lottery checks balls before the start of the draw in Madrid on Tuesday.
Fortune shined on Tuesday on the lucky holders of tickets with the number 72897 that took top prize in the Spain’s huge Christmas Lottery, known as “El Gordo” (The Fat One).
The prize shelled out 400,000 euros (US$489,000), or 325,000 euros after tax, to holders of 20-euro tickets bearing the number.
In keeping with tradition, the number was called out by children from Madrid’s San Ildefonso school in a nationally televised draw at Madrid’s Teatro Real opera house, although this year the event was held under tight restrictions owing to the coronavirus.