It dates back over 200 years, has a prize pot that makes Powerball look like a village raffle and has children singing the results in the way that High School Musical might conduct an FA Cup draw. To say that Spain’s ‘El Gordo’ Christmas lottery is not like other lotteries would be to admit that Donald Trump is not like other US presidents, but at least with Loteria de Navidad the only glimpse of a wall comes in the keenly-anticipated annual advert.
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