"Much needed": Spain's El Gordo Christmas lottery spreads riches in wildfire-hit area

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChLtXXpo4Ge1ReTEboVvTDg https://ift.tt/AJpLdt5 Spain's Christmas lottery showered 2.77 billion euros in prizes on Monday, with a significant number of winners of the top award, "El Gordo" (The Fat One), living in Leon province, which was ravaged by wildfires earlier this year. The town of Villablino celebrated after a local ticket shop sold several winning tickets to an Alzheimer’s association. "So much joy, so much emotion. We’ve cried, we’ve laughed, we’ve jumped; so much emotion, so much emotion, an enormous joy,” a resident who won the top prize said. Another winner of the top prize said, "It was much needed. After the dark year we've had with the death of the miners and, well, the depopulation we’re facing. So great, really great. We really needed a bit of luck here.” Residents cheered, sang the winning number, and sprayed Champagne in the streets, recalling a difficult year marked by wildfires and a mining accident that killed five workers. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews #spain #elgordo