Confused About Spanish Lottery Jackpots?
Confused About Spanish Lottery Jackpots? Tuesday December 22, 2009 The biggest lottery in the world, Spain’s El Gordo, was drawn today, with some lucky folk in Madrid winning up to three million euros each. But many observers were left a little confused as to exactly how many people won how much. It took me a little time to understand it, but now I can explain. Anyone who thought that because 78,294 was the winning number then there will be only one one winner is mistaken. Wikipedia, at the time of writing, is also wrong. There were not 180 jackpot-winning tickets, there were 195. Associated Press, who said there were 1,950 winners were closer to the mark, but this figure is not strictly speaking accurate either. Meanwhile, Spanish newspapers El Pais and El Mundo misleadingly focussed on a single winning ticket (that went to the travel agency Marsans), implying this was the only lucky winner. So how many people won
