Spain's El Gordo dishes out €2.6 billion in annual Christmas lottery

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NJPiney — Tue, 26 Dec 2023 22:44:43 GMT

83% would be nice I've only been playing for a little over a year so I'm used to below 50

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kao1632 — Tue, 26 Dec 2023 09:12:11 GMT

Yep. Been going up for a while now. From a low of about 43%.. Still got a way to go to get back to COVID era 83%...

Interest rates have probably fallen

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hearsetrax — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 15:41:18 GMT

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NJPiney — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 14:23:06 GMT

Anybody else notice the cash option is finally more than 50% again for the Powerball good luck to all hoping for a big holiday win

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Wavepack — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 01:18:13 GMT

I like the x200 top prize amount. What's the payout percentage? The State of Spain wins from the taxes, even with 100% payout.

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dannyct — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 23:35:42 GMT

Ireland has a Millionaire Raffle on New Year's Eve. Tickets cost 25, when I bought a ticket online, I got the following message:

Thank you!

You contributed an estimated 9.50

to Good Causes around Ireland

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Droptop209 — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 18:59:25 GMT

That's alot of Jamon Iberico ham

Spain's El Gordo dishes out €2.6 billion in annual Christmas lottery

Lottery Post — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:20:34 GMT

Winning numbers announced during event that lasted four hours

By Kate Northrop

Millions of households have been tuning in to watch El Gordo (The Fat One), the world-famous lottery that doles out over two billion in prizes every year.

This year, the lottery is distributing a whopping 2.6 billion (US$2.86 billion) in prizes to winners across the country. It's not uncommon to see people rushing out into the street and erupting in celebration as the event progresses, perhaps popping a bo... [ More ]