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El Gordo (other)
El Gordo is Spanish for "the fat one" or "the big one", and may refer to: Lottery prizes * An alternative name for the Spanish Christmas Lottery as well as the name of its largest prize. * El Gordo de la Primitiva, a Weekly Public lottery in Spain Places * El Gordo (galaxy cluster), a very large distant galaxy cluster * El Gordo, Cáceres, Spain, a municipality People * Henry I of Navarre (1244–1274), King of Navarre, called in Spanish ''Enrique el Gordo'' * Raúl De Molina Raúl "El Gordo" De Molina (born March 29, 1959, in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban-American television presenter, best known as the co-host of the Univision Network entertainment news show '' El Gordo y la Flaca'', for which he won multiple Emmy Award ... (born 1959), nicknamed "El Gordo", co-host of the entertainment news show ''El Gordo y la Flaca'' * El Gordo, the nickname of one of Pablo Escobar's men, discussed in Sebastián Marroquín's book '' Pablo Escobar: My Father'' (2014) * "El Gordo," nickname of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Christmas Lottery
The Spanish Christmas Lottery (officially or simply ) is a special draw of , the weekly national lottery run by Spain's state-owned . The extraordinary Christmas draw takes place every 22 December and it is the biggest and most popular draw of the year. As measured by the total prize payout, the Spanish Christmas Lottery is considered the biggest lottery draw worldwide. In 2024, with 193 million pre-printed €20 tickets to sell (), the maximum total amount available for all prizes would be €2.702 billion (seventy per cent of ticket sales). The total amount for the first prize ("the big one") would be €772 million. In the Spanish-speaking and the English-speaking media it is sometimes just called , even though that name really refers to the first prize for any Spanish lottery. History , with its first draw held on 4 March 1812, is the second-longest continuously running lottery in the world, just behind Dutch running since 1726. This includes the years during the Spani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Gordo De La Primitiva
{{For, other meanings of ''El Gordo'', Spanish Christmas Lottery#El Gordo El Gordo de la Primitiva (lit. ''the fat one of the primitive (lottery)'', can be translated as ''the big one''), commonly known as El Gordo, is one of the lotteries of the Loterías y Apuestas del Estado, the Spanish government lottery authority. The largest prize given at the Spanish Christmas Lottery (and to a lesser extent at any other Spanish lottery), is also referred to as 'El Gordo'. How it is played Tickets consist of two grids, one with numbers from 1 to 54 and the second from 0 to 9. Players have to pick five numbers in the first grid and one in the second (key number). The key number also serves as return number. The tickets can be bought from Monday to Saturday in over eleven thousand locations in Spain and cost €1.50 per grid. By selecting six to eleven numbers in the first grid you can make multiple (6 to 462) bets with the same ticket. Drawing Drawings are held every Sunday at 13:0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Gordo (galaxy Cluster)
El Gordo (lit. ''The Fat One'') (ACT-CL J0102-4915 or SPT-CL J0102-4915) is the largest distant galaxy cluster observed at its distance or beyond, as of 2011. As of 2014, it held the record for being the largest distant galaxy cluster to have been discovered with a mass of slightly less than three quadrillion solar masses although later its mass was reduced to about (2.1 quadrillion) solar masses with a 10% uncertainty. It was found by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (funded by the National Science Foundation) and the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope. This galaxy cluster, officially named as, 'ACT-CL J0102-4915', has been given a 'nickname' by the researchers as 'El Gordo', which stands for "the Fat One" or "the Big One" in Spanish. It is located more than 7 billion light-years from Earth. Findings and results on 'El Gordo' were announced at the 219th meeting of American Astronomical Society in Austin, Texas. Observations F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Gordo, Cáceres
El Gordo is a municipality in the Provinces of Spain, province of Province of Cáceres, Cáceres and autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. The municipality covers an area of and as of 2011 had a population of 385 people. See also * List of municipalities in Cáceres References Populated places in the Province of Cáceres {{Extremadura-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry I Of Navarre
Henry the Fat (Basque: ''Henrike I.a, Gizena'', French: ''Henri le Gros'', Spanish: ''Enrique el Gordo'') (c. 1244 – 22 July 1274) was King of Navarre (as Henry I) and Count of Champagne and Brie (as Henry III) from 1270 until his death. Early life Henry was the youngest son of Theobald I of Navarre and Margaret of Bourbon. During the reign of his childless older brother Theobald II he held the regency during many of Theobald's numerous absences. In 1269, Henry married Blanche of Artois, daughter of the then-reigning King Louis IX of France's brother Count Robert I of Artois. He was thus in the "Angevin" circle in international politics. Reign Recognized as heir presumptive during his brother's reign, Henry succeeded to the thrones of the Kingdom of Navarre and County of Champagne upon Theobald II's death in December 1270. Henry I's proclamation at Pamplona, however, did not take place until the following year, 1 March 1271, and his coronation was delayed until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raúl De Molina
Raúl "El Gordo" De Molina (born March 29, 1959, in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban-American television presenter, best known as the co-host of the Univision Network entertainment news show '' El Gordo y la Flaca'', for which he won multiple Emmy Awards. Early life and education Raúl De Molina was born in Havana, Cuba in 1959. De Molina's father was detained as a political prisoner for 24 years by the Communist Party of Cuba. De Molina's family left Havana and lived in Spain when he was 10 years old. They moved to the United States when he was 16. As a child, De Molina became interested in photography. While in high school, he took photos for the school yearbook. He later attended The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale. He was also a graduate of Miami Photography College in North Miami. Career Photojournalism After graduating from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, De Molina worked as a freelance photographer during the 1980s. He first freelanced for Associated Press, before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Father
''My Father'' () is a 2007 South Korean film. The film, which is based on a true story, is about an adopted son who is searching for his biological parents in South Korea. During his search he meets his real father, a condemned murderer on death row. Daniel Henney plays the lead role of James, who works as an army captain in the United States Forces Korea. He asks questions of why his father is on death row and finds out things that he always wanted to know. Then he finds more and more truths unravel about his father and his life. The release of the film inspired controversy because the family of the father's victims did not support its production. In its first week on release it topped the South Korean box office sales charts. The adopted son on whom the story is based is Aaron Bates, an insurance broker who lives and works in Arizona with his wife and two sons. In real life, a DNA test confirmed that the man he met on death row was not his biological father. Cast * Kim Yeong-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Viagras
Los Viagras () also known as Los Sierra is an armed wing of the LNFM Cartel in the state of Michoacán, Mexico. It was founded by the Sierra Santana Brothers, being led by Rodolfo Sierra Santana (Alias ”El Tronado”) for whom arrest warrants have been issued in connection with multiple counts of homicide, robbery, extortion, and kidnapping. The group mainly operates in Zamora, Jacona, Tangancicuario, Sahuayo, and Uruapan Regions. Origins and activities The gang began operating as a self-defense force (''grupos de autodefensa comunitaria'') in 2014. Former Michoacán security commissioner Alfredo Castillo Cervantes then asked them to assist in the efforts to capture the leader of the Los Caballeros Templarios cartel, Servando Gómez Martínez ("El Tuta"), who was then arrested in Morelia in February 2015. The name of "Los Viagras" comes from a joke between them, due to the excessive use of hair gel by one of the younger brothers with a spiky hairstyle. When announcing t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
