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Spaniards spend a fortune on 'the fat one'

Lauren FrayerDecember 18, 2014

In Spain, Christmas wouldn't be the same without El Gordo -- "the fat one." But that's not Santa Claus. It's the state lottery - the biggest in the world. Tickets sell for 200 euros each - yet virtually all Spaniards buy them, or at least a share in one. Lauren Frayer reports on this typically Spanish holiday tradition.

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