Spanish villagers devastated by forest fire win €468m in lottery prizes
Mayor of La Bañeza says big win in annual Christmas event ‘is something that has fallen from the heavens’When the village of La Bañeza in Castilla y León was engulfed in one of the worst forest fires in Spanish history, the rain came too late to save it.But now the Christmas lottery has...
<p>Mayor of La Bañeza says big win in annual Christmas event ‘is something that has fallen from the heavens’</p><p>When the village of La Bañeza in Castilla y León was engulfed in one of the worst forest fires in Spanish history, the rain came too late to save it.</p><p>But now the Christmas lottery has showered its 10,000 inhabitants with hundreds of millions of euros.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/22/spanish-villagers-la-baneza-win-lottery-prizes-el-gordo">Continue reading...</a>
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