Post by phil on Dec 23, 2005 8:57:55 GMT -5
Spanish town sweeps lottery
Fri, December 23, 2005
Residents of Vic win $612 million US from the country's annual El Gordo jackpot.
By AP
VIC, SPAIN -- The fat man came early and jolly in Spain's Christmas lottery, showering $612 million US in winnings on a town with the bite-size name of Vic.
The sweepstakes known as El Gordo -- the Fat One -- spread a total of 2.02 billion euros ($2.4 billion) in Christmas cheer around Spain yesterday, much of it on this Barcelona-area town of 30,000 that is associated with churches and convents. All 1,700 first-prize tickets, each worth $360,000, were sold by one lottery office in Vic.
Fri, December 23, 2005
Residents of Vic win $612 million US from the country's annual El Gordo jackpot.
By AP
VIC, SPAIN -- The fat man came early and jolly in Spain's Christmas lottery, showering $612 million US in winnings on a town with the bite-size name of Vic.
The sweepstakes known as El Gordo -- the Fat One -- spread a total of 2.02 billion euros ($2.4 billion) in Christmas cheer around Spain yesterday, much of it on this Barcelona-area town of 30,000 that is associated with churches and convents. All 1,700 first-prize tickets, each worth $360,000, were sold by one lottery office in Vic.