Melilla is the only place in Spain where it has never crashed El Gordo of the Christmas Lottery, a prize endowed with 400,000 euros for the tithe that all Spaniards dream of every December 22nd. The provinces of Ávila, Tarragona and Zamora left the rescue list in 2018 and joined a “lucky club” led by Madrid, the place where he fell several times: 82 in total. But, And in Málaga? How many times has El Gordo played?
According to data from the State Lottery and State Betting Society (SELAE), collected by Europa Press, over the more than 200-year history of traditional drawing, El Gordo crashed in Malaga ten times. In addition, other municipalities in the province of Malaga have also been awarded the first prize in the Christmas Lottery draw. These are: Álora, Marbella and Ronda. In each of them El Gordo fell twice.
Madrid and Barcelona where he plays the most
In the Christmas lottery of 2018, the city of Melilla also remained the only territory that did not receive any of the main prizes, since the rest of the 50 provinces of Spain, in addition to Ceuta, were lucky enough to receive part of these expected millions.
On the other hand, Ávila, Tarragona and Zamora have been lucky enough to receive part of the Gordo. This coveted award went to the Avila city of El Barraco, as well as the Tarragona municipalities of Altafulla and Camarles; and the Zamoranas of Puebla de Sanabria and Quiruelas de Vidriales, and the capital Zamora.
The ranking of the luckiest places The city of Madrid, where the ‘Gordo’ has fallen a total of 82 times, the most recent being last year 2021. In addition, 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.
Spain’s second luckiest city is once again Barcelona Since a total of 42 “Gordos” have fallen in Barcelona since 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. It is the case of Rum raisin, where the first prize was 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; Córdoba, Murcia, Sort (Lérida), 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).
Twice in Alora, Marbella and Ronda
The first prize also fell twice in the Malaga municipalities of Álora, Marbella and Ronda, as well as in Cartagena (Murcia), Yecla (Murcia), Pontevedra, O Porriño (Pontevedra), Arrecife (Las Palmas), Santa Cruz de 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.
