Spain’s El Gordo 2.3 billion euros Christmas Lottery: Winning number 79250 - National Lottery | Examiner.com

Spain’s El Gordo 2.3 billion euros Christmas Lottery: Winning number 79250 - National Lottery | Examiner.com: "Merry Christmas Wishes from Barcelona, Spain. That's what these El Gordo lottery winners are singing after the equivalent of over $3,000,000,000—as in $3 BILLION DOLLARS—was handed out on Wednesday, December 22, 2010 in the Spanish lottery!

'Spaniards were glued to their televisions and radios Wednesday to find out if they were among the lucky winners in the annual Christmas lottery, this year worth more than 2.3 billion euros ($3 billion) distributed among more than 1,700 different prizes,' said Fox News.

According to the Barcelona Reporter, 'The world's biggest lottery El Gordo was showering prizes worth more than 2.3 billion euros on Spanish lottery El Gordo winners Wednesday. The Spanish Christmas lottery has been running for more than 200 years.' In fact, the El Gordo Lottery—which means The Fat One—has been going on since 1812."

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