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Children from Madrid's San Ildefonso school sing out the numbers from one of the main prizes from awarded lottery balls in Madrid, Spain, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. Paul White/AP hide caption

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The top prize in Spain's 'El Gordo' Christmas lottery goes to the number 88008

December 22, 2023 • Lucky holders of 20-euro tickets with the number 88008 are celebrating. They have each won 400,000 euros ($440,000), in the top prize of Spain's huge Christmas lottery.

Spain's Christmas lottery 'El Gordo' starts dishing out billions of dollars in prizes

People wait for the start of the draw at Madrid's Teatro Real opera house during Spain's bumper Christmas lottery draw known as El Gordo, or The Fat One, in Madrid, Spain, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. Paul White/AP hide caption

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Spain's Christmas lottery 'El Gordo' starts dishing out billions of dollars in prizes

December 22, 2023 • The immensely popular lottery will distribute a total of $2.8 billion in prizes this year, much of it in small prizes. Street and bar celebrations normally break out with winners singing and dancing.

'El Gordo,' Galaxy With Mass 2 Quadrillion Times The Sun's, Discovered

"El Gordo" — the "big" or "fat" one in Spanish — as seen in a composite image produced by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. NASA/CXC/Rutgers/J.Hughes hide caption

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'El Gordo,' Galaxy With Mass 2 Quadrillion Times The Sun's, Discovered

January 11, 2012 • It's the biggest cluster of galaxies ever seen and may help scientists learn more about dark energy, dark matter and how such clusters form.

'El Gordo,' Galaxy With Mass 2 Quadrillion Times The Sun's, Discovered

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