World’s biggest Christmas lottery the £2bn El Gordo to be drawn today and Brits could win… here’s how to enter

THE richest lotto in the world takes place today as the annual Spanish Christmas Lottery is broadcast live on TV.  The £2billion prize pool in the draw is known as El Gordo and it takes place at 4pm in Spain (3pm UK time).  GettyA group of friends are celebrating the First Prize of Christmas Lottery 2019, ‘El Gordo’[/caption] The draw, held annually since 1812, sees the top-prize number holder get about £340,000 with many other prizes paying out the rest.  People can queue for hours in the days running up to the lottery to snatch their £15 tickets from the most popular vendors. Some buy them for themselves or as gifts for others.  Work colleagues, relatives or friends also pool money to purchase tickets, with their eyes set on sharing the prizes. Other lotteries have bigger individual top prizes but Spain’s Christmas lottery is ranked as the world’s richest for the total prize money involved. Despite a spiraling number of coronavirus cases Spain on Tuesday scored its pandemic record of new infections. Most read in The Sun MAX-IMUM THREAT Verstappen will quit F1 if he loses engineer who helped him beat Hamilton RYLED UP Rylan Clark reveals bitter feud with top actor he wanted to 'punch in the face' MAKE OR BREAK Boris Johnson set to make announcement in next 48 HOURS on more restrictions BO HO HO! Boris Johnson confirms Christmas is ON and no new restrictions yet GREAT SCOT Christmas is ON in Scotland but fresh rules from Boxing Day for footie & pubs A REAL GEM Gemma Collins looks slimmer than ever in rare picture with stepson There were nearly 50,000 reported in one day the public is returning to Madrid’s Teatro Real opera house after last year’s hiatus. Following the tradition, children from Madrid’s San Ildefonso school call out prize-winning numbers, followed by jubilant street and bar scenes of winners celebrating with uncorked bottles of sparkling wine. The lottery is run by the state and supports several charity efforts. GettyThe lottery is run by the state and supports several charity efforts.[/caption]