A last-minute flurry of excitement is expected at El Gordo Online, where sales end at midnight tonight for the world's biggest lottery draw.

The El Gordo lottery, which is run by the government of Spain, is world-renowned for its massive drawing that happens around Christmas every year.  El Gordo has one other large draw held in July, but the Christmas draw is by far the biggest.

This year's Christmas drawing will award more than US$2 billion to almost 2 million winners.

One of the most exciting aspects of the game for players is the large number of prizes greater than US$1 million.  This year, 380 El Gordo tickets will each award more than US$1 million.

The Christmas El Gordo lottery drawing will be held on Monday, December 22.