Monday, December 23, 2013

Towns in 875 million

Towns in 875 million [PHOTOS\VIDEO], Two towns win a $8.75 million lottery in Spain become the big winners. Champagne corks popped around Spain on Sunday as jubilant winners celebrated scooping up prizes in the country's famed Christmas lottery, the world's richest.

People who purchased their tickets in the towns took the top prize of a 200-year-old lottery on Saturday that is a treasured tradition.

Millions of Spaniards had been glued to their televisions as $3.4 billion in prize money was distributed in a four-hour TV show. Unlike lotteries that offer one large jackpot, Spain's yuletide drawing doles out a variety of winnings on thousands of ticket holders.

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