The “Gordo” of the extraordinary Christmas lottery draw of December 22 has fallen up to 24 times in Castilla-La Mancha throughout its history, with 2018 being the last year that the fortune was distributed in the Autonomous Community, according to data from State Lotteries and Gambling collected by Europa Press.
Specifically, in the province of Albacete the ‘Gordo’ of the Extraordinary Christmas Draw fell three times in Albacete capital, in the years 2012, 2014 and 2018; and three more times inside Ibanez housesin the years 2003, 2012 and 2018 and in Tobarra, in the year 2018.
For its part, in the province of Ciudad Real the capital was graced with the ‘Grasso’ in 1962 and 2018, Calzada de Calatrava in 1970 and Socuéllamos in 1988.
In the province of Cuenca, luck came to the capital and Belmont in 1990 and 2018, in Carboneras de Guadazaón in 2018 and in Huete in 1990; while in Guadalajara he did it in the capital in 1970 and in Molina de Aragón in 1852.
Finally, in the province of Toledo, the city of talaver de la Reina has been honored with the ‘Gordo’ twice —in 1985 and 2007—, while in Mocejón it fell once in 1990, in Quintanar de la Orden another time in 2013 and in El Viso de Saint John in 2018.
MELILLATHE ONLY REGION WITHOUT GORDO
Nationally, the autonomous city of Melilla is the only region of Spain where the ‘Gordo’ of the Extraordinary Drawing of the Christmas Lottery, endowed with 400,000 euros per tenth, has never fallen. On the opposite side it is Madridwhich is the luckiest place in this draw, with 82 times being awarded the grand 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 Lottery and State Betting Society (SELAE), the second luckiest city in Spain is once again Barcelona, as a total of 42 ‘Gordos’ have fallen in the city since 1817, the latest in 2019 .
These two major cities followed in terms of fortune Sevillewith 17, Bilbao (14), Valencia (13), Zaragoza (13) a Cadiz (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 La Coruna, San Sebastian yes gijon have been awarded seven times; Palma de Mallorcain six; badajoz, Lugo yes Manises (Valencia), in five; Cordoba, Murcia, Put in order (She give), Vic (Barcelona), Salamanca, Valladolid, Burgos yes Pamplonain four.
The first prize fell three times in Albacete, Casas Ibáñez (Albacete), Benidorm (Alicante), Oviedo, Sabadell (Barcelona), caceres, algesiras (Cádiz), Oak (A Coruña), Huesca, Bonar (Leon), Torrejon de ardoz (Madrid), San Pedro del Pinatar (Murcia), Palencia, Vigo, logrono, SegoviaSt. Bartholomew tirajana (The Palms), Abona granadilla (Tenerife), Port from the cross (Holy Cross of Tenerife), Contacted (The Palms), Teruel and in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the last time in 2021.
On two occasions “El Gordo” was distributed. Victory, Elche yes St Vincent from Raspeig (Alicante), Almeria, Aviles, the common (Almeria), Nava (Asturias), Granoller (Barcelona), Sant Quirze del Valles (Barcelona), choria (hunt), Castellonroyal city, Santiago from CompostellaCuenca, Belmonte (Cuenca), Almunecar (Grenada), Linares (Jaen), Leon, Lleida, Villalba (Lugo), alcorcon (Madrid), Collado Villalba (Madrid), leganes (Madrid) and San Sebastian de los Reyes (Madrid).
He also won first prize twice So (Rum raisin), Marbella (Málaga), Ronda (Málaga), Carthage (Murcia), yecla (Murcia), Pontevedraor Porrino (Pontevedra), Cliff (Las Palmas), Santa Cruz de Tenerife, The Realejos (Tenerife), SoriaTalavera de la Reina (Toledo), alcira (Valence), Derio (Biscay) and Zamora. joined this list ayamonte (Huelva), where the ‘Gordo’ fell in 2021.
Of the provincial capitals, it fell only once to Guadalajara, Huelva and orensealthough it has also fallen in other smaller places at some point in history, such as Hello (Tarragona) in 2019 or Santona (cantabria) in 2021. In the cities of Ávila, GironaJaén, Tarragona and Toledo the ‘Gordo’ prize has never dropped.
