Spanish Christmas Lottery Offers Record €2.77 Billion
The Spanish Christmas Lottery, offering 2,772 million euros in prizes including the 400,000 euro 'El Gordo', is drawn on December 22nd, with an online tool available for checking results.
Spaniards often dream of having extra money for the Christmas holidays. This hope is fueled each year by the Christmas Lottery, drawn on December 22nd. This year, a total of 2,772 million euros will be given out in prizes – that's 70 million euros more than last year.
Checking if your Christmas Lottery ticket has won is very simple using this online search tool. To find out, just enter your ticket number and the amount you played. The tool will then automatically show if your number has won and for how much. This means you can check your results without having to visit a lottery office in person.
As always, the big prizes are the most sought after. These include the top prize, known as 'El Gordo,' which pays 400,000 euros per ticket. The second prize is 125,000 euros per ticket, and the third is 50,000 euros per ticket. Additionally, there are two fourth prizes of 20,000 euros each per ticket, and eight fifth prizes of 6,000 euros each per ticket.
If you win a prize, winning tickets can be cashed in from the very afternoon of the draw, once official checks are complete. Winners then have three months to claim their prize.
This year, 198 million tickets were made available. These tickets are part of 198 series, with each series containing 100,000 numbers. This brings the total value of all tickets sold to 3,960 million euros.
The Christmas Lottery is once again one of the most anticipated draws of the year, spreading hope across the entire country.