The Christmas lottery is one of the biggest events of the year in Spain, and not just because it involves record prize money of 2.6 billion euros. This is generated weeks before the drawing Loteria de Navidad a huge media hustle and bustle: What numbers will be drawn? Which celebrities bought which tickets? How do people like the promotional film for the lottery? This commercial is at least as hotly debated as Hollywood blockbusters. Before the winning numbers are determined in the Madrid Opera House on December 22nd, attention also turns to the children of Madrid’s San Ildefonso School: Some of them are allowed to draw the winning numbers and winning odds from a golden lottery drum on stage every year and, well, Don’t read, but sing.
Christmas lottery in Spain: lucky tickets and racist insults – media
