El Gordo jackpot brings joy and austerity relief to thousands in Spain

Champagne flows across the country as record Christmas lottery shares out €2bn winnings, with 1,800 winning €400,000 Spaniards facing yet another year of economic misery found relief in the world's biggest lottery payout on Saturday, the traditional Christmas Gordo, or Fat One, which spread €2bn in prize money around the country. Champagne corks popped in towns, cities and villages across Spain as tens of thousands of winners took home enough money to keep their families going ...