🎫 Lotería de Navidad en España - 'El Gordo'
El Gordo takes place once on the 22nd of December and remains to be one of the world’s oldest lottery draws, dating back to 1812! It’s considered to be the BIGGEST yearly lottery draw with a whopping €700 million prize fund for 2022.
Our lovely Elena (who is at home in El País Vasco) is in the runnings with several tickets which she proudly showed me on our WhatsApp call this afternoon!
The magical draw
So, despite the potential of winning “El Gordo”, why is the Spanish Christmas lottery draw so special? Why does it bring together so many communities? Well, the draw takes place in the stunning Teatro Real in Madrid and students from the San Ildefonso School, who were formerly reserved for orphans of civil servants, draw the numbers and corresponding prizes, delivering the results in song to the public.
The TV adverts fort the Lotería de Navidad are eagerly anticipated each year, much like our favourites from John Lewis and now Lidl with the familia zanahoria 🥕. Below is this year's offering with the slogan 'compartimos la suerte con quien compartimos la vida'. Should Elena 'toca' this year, remember to quote this to her ¡jejejeje!
There is lots to read about this year's loteria on RTVE including a feature on past TV commercials.
https://www.rtve.es/loterias/loteria-navidad/
¡Feliz Navidad a todos!
Katherine y equipo Todo el Mundo