How much does Spain’s El Gordo lottery pay out in total?

Money medium Data from 2023

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Answer in euros. Shorthand like 9m or 1.2bn works.

The answer

$2,700,000,000

Roughly $2.7B.

El Gordo distributes around €2.7 billion in prizes every 22 December, the largest lottery payout in the world by total prize money. It has run continuously since 1812, through two centuries of wars and regime changes.

Where this number comes from

Source Loterías y Apuestas del Estado
Figure refers to 2023
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Unit euros

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