Spain's El Niño lottery spreads $663M in winnings

Comment #5

basil19 — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 04:00:48 GMT

Spain has a few lottery players with so much patience , enjoy and use it wisely.

Comment #4

myturn — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 23:54:34 GMT

If a US State lottery, such as California, is smart they will introduce an El Nino lottery game. In addition to their usual games, they could have an annual El Nino every January. It would be fun and more importantly, raise additional revenue for the state.

Comment #3

maringoman — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 22:37:49 GMT

What I wish would be included in the articles is the odds of winning that top prize. It gives a reader some perspective.

I dug up some info. 100,000 tickets are printed at 200 each (each ticket can be sold as 10 decimas). Most players choose to buy single decimas so they pay 20.

I think the PA Millionaire raffle is better when comparing top prizes odds.

Comment #2

pickone4me — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 19:50:27 GMT

Is that where the government looted peoples bank accounts

Comment #1

mypiemaster — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 19:16:07 GMT

Recession or no recession, a lottery win of any kind is a beautiful thing.

Spain's El Niño lottery spreads $663M in winnings

Lottery Post — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 18:46:32 GMT

A lottery on Tuesday spread 560 million (US$663 million) among jubilant ticket holders throughout Spain, which is struggling to emerge from a financial crisis that has left it saddled with high unemployment.

The El Ni o (The Child) lottery is held each Feast of the Epiphany on Jan. 6, and the 400 top prize tickets, each worth 200,000 (US$236,700), were all sold in Leganes, a southwest Madrid working-class suburb.

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