Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe MADRID, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Certain people in Spain will have a merry Christmas after winning a share of a $3.1 billion prize in the country's holiday lottery, The Fat One. With numerous winning tickets reported for the final drawing of the Christmas lottery, each lucky winner stands to collect a maximum of $4.3 million for picking the final number of 6381, the BBC said Saturday. Advertisement The largest share of the first-prize ticket series was purchased by residents of the Spanish town of Nava, but citizens in the country's larger cities also took part in the annual drawing. Each 10th of a ticket costs $29 and an estimated 75 percent of Spanish citizens were said to have taken part in this year's drawing. The BBC said that as a whole, Spain spent $4.1 billion on the Christmas drawing this year alone. The Fat One is thought to be tops among all of the world's lotteries and drawings in terms of total amount paid out.
