The number 5 is the repayment of the grand prize, commonly known as ‘El Gordo’, most repeated throughout the history of Extraordinary Christmas drawing of the National Lotteryhaving been awarded a total of 32 times. They are followed by the number 4 and 6.with 27 occasions each.
From the opposite side, the least lucky finisher in this traditional Christmas lottery is again number 1 (eight times), followed by 2 (thirteen times) and 9 (for a total of 16 times), according to data provided by the State Lottery and State Betting Society (SELAE), compiled by Europa Press.
For his part, him number 8 has been refunding the grand prize on 24 occasions while the 0 and the 7 have been 22 times, and 3 was the last digit of the number embellished with ‘El Gordo’ of this traditional Christmas lottery 21 times.
Thus, of 211 draws made to date, the first prize corresponded on 64 occasions to a number between zero and 10,000; on 74 occasions to between 10,001 and 30,000; and on 74 other occasions to between 30,001 and 99,999.
anecdotes
Over these more than 200 years, anecdotes have been told about its history, such as that in 1837 there were two first prizes of equal amount, or that in 1938 two lotteries were held on December 22, one in Barcelona and the other in Burgos.
The number 15,640 was repeated in the draws of the years 1956 and 1978, while the number 20,297 did so in 1903 and 2006. Related numbers such as 13,093 and 13,094, and 53,452 and 53,453, and on four occasions have also been awarded. ‘ matches numbers ending in three of the same digits (25,444, 25,888, 35,999, and 55,666).
However, the thousands have yet to get the grand prize 27, 37, 39, 41, 44, 51, 64, 67 to 70, 73 to 75, 77, and 80 to 99, except 86.
On the other hand, they have the final figures 297, 457 and 515 repeated three times; and twice the 094, 098, 400, 452, 490, 640, 704, 758 and 892.
The finals of the two most repeated numbers were 85, seven times (1841, 1858, 1867, 1868, 1900, 1915 and 2005); 57, six times (1820, 1846, 1871, 1878, 1881 and 1932); 64, five times (1821, 1948, 1961, 1976 and 1987); 65, five times (1901, 1905, 1937, 1960 and 2008); 75, five times (1825, 1835, 1843, 1869 and 1962); on 97, five times (1877, 1892, 1903, 2006 and 2020).
For its part, the termination 15 it was repeated four times (1866, 1897, 1899 and 2012); 95, four times (1886, 1994, 1995 and 2001); 58, four times (1881, 1896, 1987 and 2012); 40, four times (1956, 1978, 2000 and 2015) and 90, four times (1831, 1876, 1946 and 2019).
Instead, infinite number of first prize in 09, 10, 21, 25, 31, 34, 41, 42, 43, 51, 54, 59, 67, 78 and 82.
Where did El Gordo fall the most?
The autonomous city of Melilla is the only region of Spain where the “Gordo” has never fallen of the extraordinary draw of the Christmas lottery, after the provinces of Ávila, Tarragona and Zamora left the list of those who did not receive this great prize in 2018, endowed with 400,000 euros per tenth. On the opposite side it is Madrid, which is the luckiest place in this draw, with 82 times awarded first prize.
The ranking of the luckiest places continues to be led for another year by the city of Madrid, where the ‘Gordo’ has fallen a total of 82 times in the more than 200-year history of the traditional draw, the latest being in 2021. the first prize has gone to Madrid in the last six years (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021). The first time she was honored was in 1816.
According to data from the State Society of Lotteries and Betting (SELAE), collected by Europa Press, the second luckiest city in Spain is once again Barcelona since a total of 42 ‘Fats’ have fallen in the city of Barcelona from the year 1817, the last one fell in 2019.
These two major cities followed in terms of fortune Seville, with 17, Bilbao (14), Valencia (13), Zaragoza (13) and Cádiz (12). These five towns were visited in 2018 by the ‘Gordo’ of the Christmas Lottery.
Similarly, other Spanish cities have been awarded the “Gordo” on several occasions throughout the history of the draw. This is the case in Malaga, where the first prize has been awarded ten times; Santander, Alicante and Granada, nine times.
A Coruña, San Sebastián and Gijón have been awarded seven times; Palma de Mallorca, in six; Badajoz, Lugo and Manises (Valencia), five; Cordoba, Murcia, Sort (Lleida), Vic (Barcelona), Salamanca, Valladolid, Burgos and Pamplona, in four.
The first prize fell three times in Albacete, Casas Ibáñez (Albacete), Benidorm (Alicante), Oviedo, Sabadell (Barcelona), Cáceres, Algeciras (Cádiz), Carballo (A Coruña), Huesca, Boñar (León), Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid), San Pedro del Pinatar (Murcia), Palencia, Vigo, Logroño, Segovia, San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Las Palmas), Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife), Puerto de la Cruz (Santa Cruz de Tenerife), Telde ( Las Palmas), Teruel and in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the last time in 2021.
On two occasions, ‘El Gordo’ was distributed in Vitoria, Elche and San Vicent del Raspeig (Alicante), Almería, Avilés, El Ejido (Almería), Nava (Asturias), Granollers (Barcelona), Sant Quirze del Vallés (Barcelona ), Coria (Cáceres), Castellón, Ciudad Real, Santiago de Compostela, Cuenca, Belmonte (Cuenca), Almuñécar (Granada), Linares (Jaén), León, Lérida, Vilalba (Lugo), Alcorcón (Madrid), Collado Villalba ( Madrid), Leganés (Madrid) and San Sebastián de los Reyes (Madrid).
He has also won first prize twice in Alora (Málaga), Marbella (Málaga), Ronda (Málaga), Cartagena (Murcia), Yecla (Murcia), Pontevedra, O Porriño (Pontevedra), Arrecife (Las Palmas), Santa Cruz Tenerife , Los Realejos (Tenerife), Soria, Talavera de la Reina (Toledo), Alcira (Valencia), Derio (Vizcaya) and Zamora. Ayamonte (Huelva), where the “Gordo” fell in 2021, has joined this list.
Of the provincial capitals, it has only fallen once in Guadalajara, Huelva and Orense, although it has also fallen in other smaller centers at some historical moment, such as Salou (Tarragona) in 2019 or Santoña (Cantabria) in 2021. of Ávila, Girona , Jaén, Tarragona and Toledo have never won the “Gordo” award.
