化為六月息

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【主播】星期六(12月22日)，全球彩金總額最高的西班牙艾爾戈多(El Gordo)樂透彩開獎，今年度的彩金總額高達二十二億歐元，折合台幣超過一千億。頭獎每人可獲得三十萬歐元，折合近台幣一千四百萬元。


【配音】原意為「大胖子」的西班牙艾爾戈多樂透彩，其設計原理是儘可能讓西班牙全國的許多民眾，都能皆大歡喜獲得彩金。每組彩票共有十張，價格為200歐元。

這次頭獎號碼為06381，共有185組彩票上頭印有這個幸運號碼，而頭獎得主，大多為西北部阿斯圖里亞斯地區的(Asturias)納瓦鎮(Nava)居民。至於二獎的部份，總獎金也高達一百萬歐元，得主則聚集在巴塞羅那(Barcelona)。

西班牙艾爾戈多樂透彩，自1812年推出以來，迄今已有將近兩百年的歷史。






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※ The original article was taken from Reuters Website.  ( 原文取自路透社網站 )




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INTRO: Spanish lottery pays out over two billion euros. The world's biggest lottery, known as "El Gordo" or "the Fat One", pays out 2.2 billion euros in Christmas prizes across Spain.



STORY: Spain's "El Gordo," the world's biggest lottery, gave out 2.2 billion euros (1.6 billion pounds) in Christmas prizes on Saturday (December 22).

El Gordo, Spanish for "The Fat One", is designed so that as many people as possible across the country get a festive windfall. The draw brought Spain to a virtual standstill for more than three hours as pairs of children from Madrid's San Ildefonso school took turns to sing out the winning numbers and the amount won.

The top prize this year was 3 million euros -- going to the series of tickets with the magic number 6,381.Because the tickets are sold in a series of 10, only those who paid 200 euros for the whole strip get the full prize. A total of 185 series of tickets bear the winning number.

The biggest share of winning tickets was bought by people in the town of Nava, in the north-western Asturias region. "The problems with mortgages and loans.." said one winner.
"Thanks to God.. For a worker, this is very important." 【shows 6】

Another winner in north-western Spain, in the town of Carballo, hoped his good fortune would tighten family bonds. "I have three sons and I am going to give each one 60.000 euros," he said. "We do not get along but I am going to beg them pardon."【shows 12】

The second prize of one million euros went to winners in Barcelona. Lotteries have two centuries of history in Spain.

This year, the country spent 2.87 billion euros on the lottery -- 5.7 percent more than last year. Seventy percent is paid out in prizes. Most of the rest goes in costs. Spaniards often choose lottery numbers matching significant dates although there was no particular favourite in 2007.