Lottery provides break from crisis woes
By Ingrid Bazinet in Madrid | China Daily | Updated: 2012-12-24 07:57
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A lottery enthusiast dressed in costume attends the draw for the world's richest lottery, known as El Gordo or "the fat one", in Madrid, Spain, on Saturday. The total prize money for the lottery is 2.47 billion euros ($3.25 billion) this year. Susana Vera / Reuters |
Hundreds of fans of Spain's annual Christmas lottery turned out to the draw on Saturday, some clad in wacky costumes and all hoping to win a piece of the pie and forget their economic woes.
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