You know El Gordo lottery? It’s the Spanish Christmas lottery, and it’s held on December 22nd every year. You won’t believe how many people play this lottery—they sell over 2.5 billion tickets each year, making it the world’s largest. It’s known for having the biggest jackpot in Europe, which has reached over €2 billion in recent years. Because El Gordo lottery is a raffle, the winning numbers are drawn from a pre-selected group of numbers. Winning the jackpot is way more likely here—the odds are 1 in 100,000—compared to other lotteries. It also means there can be more than one jackpot winner. Each ticket for El Gordo includes a series number, which serves as a unique identifier for that ticket. This means up to 170 people could win the jackpot. The possibility of multiple winners also applies to all the other prize levels. Spaniards love El Gordo and think it’s the perfect way to bring some good vibes into the new year. It also gives a lot back to the community by funding charities and social programs in Spain.
El Gordo Lottery weekly draw
There is a weekly draw for El Gordo as well, and you can buy tickets for it here at Jackpotlotteryonline.com. There are over 11,000 places in Spain where you can buy tickets, and they’re open Monday to Saturday. Each Sunday, the drawings are conducted at 13:00 (GMT+1). They randomly pick five numbers between 1 and 54, and then they pick another number—the key number—from 0 to 9. The top prize in the El Gordo lottery is €400,000 per series; however, this prize is shared by all those who hold tickets with the winning number. In 2022, the El Gordo top prize was shared among 170 different series, resulting in each winning series receiving €2,352,941.18. Besides the top prize, you can win €20,000 for matching the last two digits or €1,000 for the first three.
Largest El Gordo Jackpot
The highest total value of prizes in El Gordo lottery was €2.4 billion, awarded in 2017. The numbers that came up were 5, 17, 25, 28, 33, and 48, with a key of 9. They sold the winning ticket in La Bruixa d’Or, which is in Catalonia.
Playing El Gordo Lottery
To play El Gordo, you buy at least one décimo (tenth-share) of a ticket with a pre-printed five-digit number. El Gordo lottery tickets are printed with a five-digit number, from 00000 to 99999. You don’t pick numbers in El Gordo; you buy a ticket that already has a five-digit number printed on it. The winning number in El Gordo is just a random five-digit number. You can also make multiple bets with the same ticket by selecting six to eleven numbers in the first grid. With El Gordo, it’s one number per ticket—you can’t choose extra numbers or make extra bets. Tickets for this lottery become available for purchase at authorized points of sale when they are released. Whether players in the UK can participate online depends on applicable laws and regulations.