At 09.21h the most famous lottery in Spain began – El Gordo. The first one ever held was in 1812, making this very traditional moment of Christmas in Spain almost 200 years old.
More that 40 times: Madrid (76), Barcelona (47)
Between 11 and 39 times: Valencia (18), Sevilla (16), Málaga (13), Cádiz (12)Up to 10 times: Alicante (10), Vizcaya (10), Zaragoza (10), Murcia (8), Asturias (8), Cantabria (8), Badajoz (7), Islas Baleares (7), Granada (7), Guipúzcoa (6), Córdoba (5), Burgos (4), A Coruña (4), Lérida (4), Navarra (4), Álava (3), Ciudad Real (3), Cuenca (3), La Rioja (3), Lugo (3), Segovia (3), Almería (2), Castellón (2), Girona (2), Guadalajara (2), Jaén (2), Las Palmas (2), León (2), Palencia (2), Pontevedra (2), Toledo (2), Valladolid (2), Albacete (1), Cáceres (1), Huesca (1), Soria (1), Tenerife (1), Teruel (1)
Provinces where it has never ‘visited:’ Ávila, Huelva, Orense, Salamanca, Tarragona, Zamora
As the prizes come out, we will update this article, however, if you prefer to watch it for yourself, you can follow it at http://www.rtve.es/sorteos/loteria-navidad/directo/.. These prize quantities pertain to the whole number, not to los decimos; i.e., a single ticket, which as their name suggests, is a tenth part.
Standby…
09.33h: 1st Fifth Prize: 75,869 worth 50,000 euros, sold in Galicia, Cataluña and Castellón…
09.56h: 2nd Fifth Prize: 73,684 worth 50,000 euros, sold in Barcelona, Coruña, Madrid & Valencia..
10.10h: 3rd Fifth Prize: 77,992 worth 50,000 euros, sold in Asturias, Madrid & Vizcaya…
10.16h: 1st Fourth Prize: 57,896 worth 200,000 euros, sold in Granada, Barcelona Cáceres & Toledo…
10.30h: 2nd Fourth Prize: 25,506 worth 200,000 euros, sold in Barcelona, Córdoba & Asturias…
10.43h: 4th Fifth Prize: 69,069 worth 50,000 euros, sold in Palma de Mallorca…
10.52h: 1st Second Prize: worth 00147 worth 1,000,000 euros, sold in Vélez Benaudalla, just above Motril, and about half a dozen other places around the country…
10.56h: 5th Fifth Prize: 34,141 worth 50,000 euros, sold in Madrid…
11.15h:First Prize, 79,250 worth THREE MILLION EUROS, sold in Madrid, Barcelona, Murcia, Cáceres, Murcia, Guipuzcua, Palencia, Alicante