The “El Gordo of Spain’s Christmas Lottery, the most anticipated contest, awarded the localities of Grove, Porriño and Vigo, in the Galicia region. The news came out at 12:03 local time on Tuesday, 22, when the children in charge of revealing the numbers, announced “72,897” in the Teatro Real room, where this traditional drawing takes place.
Luck reached the Galician community in a difficult year, marked by the pandemic and economic difficulties. A complete series fell on Grove. That means a total of 4 million euros for the bettor.
In Porriño and Vigo, one tenth of the main prize came out. In Porriño, luck was Rua Ramón González, nº7, while in Vigo it hit Porta do Sol, nº12. Counting this edition, the Christmas Lottery has already left 45 times for Galicia.
In relation to the provinces, the Coruñeses are generally the luckiest, with 21 of these awards going to the region. In contrast, the population of Orense only counted on this extraordinary draw on two occasions. In Pontevedra, “El Gordo” has already left three times, appearing ten times with the highest award in Lugo.
How El Gordo works
The Spanish Christmas Lottery is a special lottery from the National Lottery, taking place every year on December 22nd. This is considered the biggest and most popular contest of the year. But, the climax is the moment when El Gordo is drawn, since it is the first prize.
Lotteries usually sell tickets for one or two numbers, so the winners of the biggest prizes usually live in the same city or area or work for the same company.
In total, the ‘Sorteo Extraordinario de Navidad’ (Extraordinary Christmas Raffle) from Spain, operated by the State Society of State Lotteries and Bets (SELAE) distributed € 2.41 billion (about 15 billion reais at the current price) in awards in this year’s edition.
