Spain distributes $3.4 bln in x'mas lottery

New York: The country of Spain, which is currently going through a financial crisis, has handed out 3.4 billion dollars in the annual and world's richest Christmas lottery.

" El Gordo " or the "Fat One", the lottery's top prize of 546,200 dollars went to 27-year-old mechanic Raul Clavero and four other members of his family who had also bought tickets with the same winning numbers, the New York Daily News reported.

Unlike other lotteries that offer one large top prize, Spain's lottery offers thousands of dollars to multiple ticketholders.

'Dhoom 3' enters 100 crore box office club!

Aamir Khan-Katrina Kaif starrer 'Dhoom 3', that made an earth-shattering Box Office start in it's opening weekend, has finally managed to enter the elite 100 crore club. According to estimates, this multi-starrer flick has grossed Rs.107.61 crore in the first three days of its release at the domestic Box Office. Trade Pundits further confirm that the film has collected Rs 62.95 cr at the overseas cash counters. Hence, the gross collection of 'Dhoom 3' so far stands upto Rs. 170 crore.

Trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted, "So here's the opening weekend total of #Dhoom3... India Rs 107.61 cr + Overseas Rs 62.95 cr. Worldwide total: Rs 170.56 cr. HISTORIC!" Trade pundits predict that it will amass Rs.250 crore by the end of this week.

'Dhoom 3' got released in approximately 4500 screens across the country. The movie made a record collection of Rs 33.36 crores nett on Saturday. It made a big jump on it's third day, Sunday, by collecting Rs 39+ crores nett at the Indian Box Office.

This multi-starrer thriller had a huge amount of advance ticket booking, registered 95-100% occupancy in both single screens and multiplexes across the country in the morning and matinee shows and its business improved further in the later shows on Friday.