'El Gordo' Christmas Lottery Awards Top Prize to Ticket Number 88008

Spain's annual Christmas lottery, the world's richest, distributes 2.6 billion euros in prizes.

Spain's Christmas lottery, known as 'El Gordo' (The Fat One), is distributing a total of 2.6 billion euros ($2.86bn) in prizes this year.
The top prize, won by holders of 20-euro tickets with the number 88008, is 400,000 euros ($440,000).
The lottery is a major tradition in Spain, with tickets often shared among families, friends, and social clubs.
Children from Madrid’s San Ildefonso school sing out the prize-winning numbers in a nationally televised event from Madrid’s Teatro Real opera house.
Established as a charity in 1763, Spain's national lottery is now the world's richest in terms of total prize money.