A Very Fat Tradition
As all of us who live in Duquesa know that socialising is a very important part of life here, so much so it even reaches into the realm of lottery. Every year on the 22nd December, Spain hosts the Spanish Christmas Lottery or “Loteria de Navidad”, one of the biggest and oldest lottery prize pools in the world. The lottery’s roots are back in the year 1812 and it offers staggering prizes of up to 2.3 billion euros. The actual draw can take up to 5 hours from start to finish but you will find that it is such a huge part of Spanish culture that the whole country watches every second of it. The main prize draw is called El Gordo (the fat one), this alone has a prize fund of around €500 million which once distributed to the winning number holders can create around 200 millionaires, a very fat prize pool!
Because the lottery tickets are so expensive, around €200, it is usual for whole villages or families to buy a ticket and to share the prize fund amongst them, which makes El Gordo one more of many important social events in the Spanish calendar. The good news is that the lottery doesn’t have just one winner and thousands of prizes are won each year so I for one will be asking Santa to visit early this year to leave a lucky lottery ticket in my stocking. If Santa isn’t an option for you, the tickets can be bought online and by typing Loteria de Navidad into Google you will find many sites to choose from. Also at this time of year you will find syndicates everywhere from your local bank to your child’s school or alternatively you could start your own syndicate with family and friends? Fingers crossed everybody and if you are the winner, contact us here at Barrington Homes and we will help you to spend that hard earned lottery win on the Duquesa or manilva property of your dreams.