SPAIN: Spaniards hope to win 3 million euro as the country celebrates its biggest lottery El Gordo

Record ID: 572906

  • Title: SPAIN: Spaniards hope to win 3 million euro as the country celebrates its biggest lottery El Gordo
  • Date: 23rd December 2010
  • Summary: MADRID, SPAIN (DECEMBER 22, 2010) (REUTERS) ***CONTAINS SOME FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** PEOPLE QUEUING IN FRONT OF "PALACIO DE CONGRESOS" IN MADRID BANNER READING: "ON DECEMBER 22 THE FORTUNE GODDESS WILL VISIT US" BEHIND PEOPLE QUEUING VARIOUS OF PEOPLE QUEUING LADIES FROM MOSTOLES CHANTING: "HUESCA, HUESCA, HUESCA IS GREAT. THERE IS NO ONE LIKE HUESCA" (REFERRING TO THEIR ASSOCIATION "HUESCA") (SOUNDBITE) HUESCA CITIZEN CONCHI, SAYING: "Lets hope we're lucky and we get a piece of ' El Gordo'. If it isn't 'El Gordo' itself, then a piece of it. But we do prefer 'El Gordo'. We would freak out if we got 'El Gordo'. We want a big piece of it." CLOSE UP OF LUCK DOLL "ADELITA" COUPLE PLAYING LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD AND WOLF MEN CARRYING BANNERS READING: "WE'RE HERE FOR THE GORDO" AND ONE OF THEM READING "66.025" MEN CHANTING "66.025, 3 MILLION EURO" IMITATING THE SAN ILDEFONSO SCHOOL CHILDREN (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) TONY, FROM MALLORCA, SAYING: "Number 25 is a good number." (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) JUAN CARLOS, FROM MALLORCA SAYING: "Christmas is on the 25th. And this time is has to be for us. Given this crisis it has to be our turn." YOUNG PEOPLE FROM TOLEDO, CHANTING THEIR NUMBER "34.167" CLOSE UP OF "TENTH" COPY WITH NUMBER 34.167 (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) IVAN, FROM TOLEDO, SAYING: "I dreamt with it. Last year I dreamt with a number for "El Nino" and I was really close and this year I'm sure it is going to be this one. I have to pay my mortgage and it is a lot of millions." LOTTERY BANNER / PEOPLE QUEUING WOMEN DRESSED IN LOTTERY TICKETS QUEUING CLOSE UP OF LOTTERY BAGS PEOPLE QUEUING PEOPLE WAITING AT ENTRANCE FIRST PEOPLE QUEUING SECURITY GUARDS OPENING DOORS AND PEOPLE ENTERING PEOPLE QUEIUNG AT ENTRANCE PEOPLE ENTERING "EL PALACIO DE CONGRESOS" VARIOUS OF DRESSED UP PEOPLE AT LOTTERY HALL MAN SHOWING PLAYED NUMBERS TO AUDIENCE MAN DRESSED UP AS A BANANA SHOWING HIS NUMBER, "22.022" MAN DRESSED UP AS CYCLIST ALBERTO CONTADOR WITH NUMBER "00001" AND T-SHIRT READING: "PINTO WITH ALBERTO CONTADOR. THANK YOU, CHAMPION" WOMAN SHOWING NUMBER 53.347 OVER BANNER READING "WITHOUT AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLERS, THIS TICKET IS GOING TO MAKE ME FLY" (REFERRING TO RECENT AIR TRAFFIC STRIKE) NUMBERS ENTERING "BOMBO" LOTTERY HALL VARIOUS OF BALLS WITH NUMBERS ENTERING THE "BOMBO" MAN SHOWING THE "GORDO" PRIZE BALL TO JUDGES AND AUDIENCE MAN PUTTING THE "GORDO" BALL INTO THE "BOMBO" SAN ILDEFONSO CHILDREN ENTERING LOTTERY HALL
  • Embargoed: 7th January 2011 12:00
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  • Location: Spain, Spain
  • Country: Spain
  • Topics: Light / Amusing / Unusual / Quirky
  • Reuters ID: LVAF2IE2ADQ5GEKL5IHWJCILU7C
  • Story Text: Spaniards pin their hopes to winning three million euros in the yearly traditional lottery "El Gordo" as the country struggles with austerity measures to reduce its budget deficit.
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