Gordo from the Christmas Lottery, 05490, was made to beg and was announced at 11:21 by the children of San Idelfonso at the Teatro Real in Madrid. The biggest lottery prize, worth €4 million for the series and €400,000 for the tenth, was widely distributed throughout Spain. Some of the graced provinces are Coruña, Lugo, Asturias, Almería, Barcelona and Madrid.
04074 was the number embellished with the second prize of the Christmas Lottery, which distributes 1,250,000 euros per series, i.e. 125,000 euros per tenth. Puigcerdà, Olot, Mungia and Bilbao sold out the number, which was the second most early bird, a few seconds after singing the first of the fifth prizes: the 62391. The first fifth, sung around 10:23 in the morning, was sold in cities such as Benidorm and Vilajoyosa (Alicante). Ainhoa and Yesica Paola were the girls in charge of singing these two awards, but also the second fifth award. All in just half an hour. The second fifth prize, the 43696it was sold entirely in the city of Galdakao (Bizkaia).
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Employees of the administration of the Lottery on Calle Ledesma in Bilbao celebrate the second prize which they sold with difficulty and which collected 56 million euros. EFE/Luis Tejido
The number 54289which was awarded the first of the two fourth prizes endowed with 200,000 euros for the series (20,000 euros for the tenth), was sold entirely in the administration number 1 of Calatayud, in the province of Zaragoza.
The third fifth prize, sung at 11:11 by the children of San Idelfonso, was the third fifth prize: 88509. The number was sold in the administration of the Arenas of Barcelona and in Montgat, where two series were sold in the window, a administration that is only two years old and that opened in full pandemic. It was also distributed in Jaén, Isla de Arousa and Vigo (Pontevedra).
Melilla, the only region of Spain where it has never fallen
The autonomous city of Melilla is the only region in Spain where the Gordo of the Christmas Lottery Extraordinary Draw has never fallen, after the provinces of Ávila, Tarragona and Zamora left the list of those that have not received this grand prize in 2018, endowed with 400,000 euros per tenth. On the opposite side is Madrid, which is the luckiest place in this draw, with 82 times being awarded the grand prize.
In the 2018 Christmas drawing, the city of Melilla was also the only territory that did not receive any of the main prizes, as the rest of the 50 provinces of Spain, in addition to Ceuta, were lucky enough to receive part of these millions foreseen.
Ranking of the lucky ones
On the other hand, Ávila, Tarragona and Zamora have been lucky enough to be graced with 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 continues to be led for the umpteenth 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 last one in 2021. In addition, the first award has gone to Madrid for the last six years (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021). The first time she was honored was in 1816.
A raffle sells raffle tickets for the El Gordo Christmas drawing at Madrid’s Puerta del Sol
According to data from the State Lottery and State Betting Society (SELAE), collected by Europa Press, the second luckiest city in Spain is once again Barcelona, as a total of 42 Fatties have fallen in the city since 1817, the last one fell in 2019.
These two major cities are followed in terms of fortune by Seville, with 17, Bilbao (14), Valencia (13), Zaragoza (13) and Cádiz (12). These five locations were visited by the Gordo Christmas Lottery in 2018.
Malaga, ten first prizes
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; Córdoba, Murcia, Sort (Lérida), Vic (Barcelona), Salamanca, Valladolid, Burgos and Pamplona, in four.
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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, the 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).
El Gordo of the 2021 Christmas Lottery
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 El 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 Jackpot.
