Spain's Christmas lottery offers €2,870 million in prizes

€2,870 million in prizes: Spain’s Christmas lottery draws on 22 December at the Teatro Real in Madrid, Spain, with €98 million more in prizes than last year. Jesús Huerta, president of the state lottery operator Loterías y Apuestas del Estado, announced the figures on Friday, 6 November. This year, 205 million décimos — tickets representing one-tenth of a full ticket — are on sale, seven million more than last year.

What the prizes pay

The top prize, known as El Gordo, pays €4 million per series. The second prize pays €1,250,000 per series and the third €500,000. There are also two fourth prizes of €200,000 per series and eight fifth prizes of €60,000 per series.

New balls for the draw

New sets of balls will be used for the numbers and prizes this year. Each décimo will again carry an image of a painting from the Museo del Prado.

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Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com