If you are wondering which is the first longest continuously running lottery in the world, keep on reading. Today is widely considered to be the biggest lottery in the world. It has been running every year since 1811. The Spanish Christmas lottery is the second longest continuously running lottery in the world.

The annual Spanish Christmas lottery is called Lotería de Navidad and y ou can win up to 4,000,000€. Other lotteries have their Gordo as well.

However, the real meaning of El Gordo is simply “the first prize” (literally “the fat one” or more accurately “the big one”). Some even think that El Gordo is in fact the name of the lottery. As a misconception in many non-Spanish speaking countries people often assume that the term El Gordo is specific for the Christmas Lottery.