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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