Spending per person on El Gordo Christmas lottery in Spain 2019, by region
price of a full El Gordo Christmas lottery number was two hundred euros.
The El Gordo Christmas lottery (Spanish for “The Fat One”) is a very popular event in Spain since decades. In this lottery fever, Spaniards spend millions of euros across the country for a chance to win the first prize, which in 2020 will consist of a four million-euro Gordo. In 2019, Castile and Leon ranked as the Spanish autonomous community with the biggest spenders, with an average expenditure that amounted to over 95 euros per person. The northern autonomous community of Asturias ranked second, with an average expenditure of 88 euros per person. As of 2020, the