La lotería de Navidad

La lotería de Navidad

Spanish Christmas lottery

El Gordo

• The world's biggest lottery is in Spain and is nicknamed 'El Gordo', which means 'the fat one.' 

• It happens the 22nd December

• The official name is El Sorteo Extraordinario de Navidad but often called 'Lotería de Navidad' - the Spanish Christmas lottery.

• In 2018 the total prize amount was 2.38 billion euro and can be won by around 15,000 winning ticket numbers in different amounts

• The Christmas Lottery campaign video features four video spots which each have a story to remind us that when you share a décimo lottery ticket, you share much more

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei-_M_3aTyI

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Multiple Choice

'El gordo' means

• The slim one

• The great one

• The winner

• The fat one

Fill in the Blank

'El gordo' happens the__ Decembre

Multiple Choice

The Spanish lottery official name is

• Lotería de Navidad

• El Gordo

• El Sorteo Extraordinario de Navidad

• The best lottery

Multiple Choice

The total prize is around

• 1 million euro

• 2 million euro

• 1 billion euro

• 2 billion euro

Multiple Choice

There are around _________ winning ticket numbers in different amounts

• 150

• 3000

• 15000

• 1 million

Multiple Choice

The Christmas Lottery campaign video features four video spots which each have a story to remind us that when you share a décimo lottery ticket....

• you share much more

• you win much more

• you are RICH :-DD

• All your worries go away

Think of 5 numbers and write them in a line

Eg. 00356 or 17654 or 77899, etc.

Would you be the winner?

Lets have a look to the winning numbers

The lottery draw is managed by the Spanish government. 30% of the lottery sales goes to the government in taxes and 70% is paid out in prizes

Multiple Choice

How much taxes would you pay if you won 'el gordo' (the biggest price)

• 1 300 000

• 1 200 000

• 2 000 000

• 1 000 00

Fill in the Blank

______of the lottery sales goes to the government in taxes

Fill in the Blank

____ of the lottery sales is paid out in prizes

• El Gordo lottery dates back over two hundred years to 4th March 1812

• Every 22nd December from 9am in the morning forty children aged 8 to 14 years old from the school 'Colegio de San Ildefonso' in Segovia, which was formerly an orphanage

• The ceremony takes place at the 'Teatro Real de Madrid' and takes just over three hours. It's very sweet and Christmas in Spain just wouldn't be the same without it.

• Naturally because of the money involved it's very exciting viewing if you have a ticket watching the winning numbers as they are called out. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzmTovfby1s

Fill in the Blank

El Gordo lottery dates back over _____ hundred years to 4th March 1812

Fill in the Blank

El Gordo lottery dates back over two hundred years to 4th March _____

Multiple Choice

Every 22nd December from _____ in the morning forty children aged 8 to 14 years old take part on it.

• 10 am

• 1pm

• 9am

• 8pm

Fill in the Blank

How many children take part in the ceremony of La lotería de Navidad?

Multiple Choice

The children who take part on it are

• 5 to 6 years old

• 16-18 years old

• 8 -14 years old

• 10-12 years old

Multiple Choice

The children are from the school

• 'Colegio de San Ildefonso'

• 'Colegio de San Paul'

• 'Colegio de San Ildelato'

• 'Colegio de San Alfonso'

Multiple Choice

The ceremony takes place at the.....

• 'Teatro Real Atlético'

• 'Teatro Real teatro'

• 'Teatro Real Matutine'

• 'Teatro Real de Madrid'

Multiple Choice

The ceremony takes just over

• nine hours

• two hours

• three hours

• four hours