There is still a little more than a month before the drums of the Christmas Lotterybut with the advertisement Outside, the season is open and we are starting to warm up our engines. Since the first draw, in 1812, there was only one provincial capital in Andalusia that had never received El Gordo. The cursed city was Jaénbut in 2023 he finally broke a black that was already lasting 211 years old.
The first prize, 88008, was played last year for the first time in the capital. And in what way: in Jaen More than 200 tenths were sold, mainly to the Lola Torres Association, and it rained 80 million euros. El Gordo also reached other towns in the province such as Úbeda, Jódar, Villacarrillo and Pozo Alcón.
Like Jaén, Huelva He went exactly 100 years without distributing a single tenth of the Gordo, an error that came to light in 2012. Last year, the first prize was on sale in two city administrations, but they returned it without being able to sell it since he was not available. an attractive number for the public.
In Andalusia, the other side of fortune is Sevillewhere the first prize has fallen 19 times, the last in 2023, in Extremadura Street. Next on the lucky list is Cadizat 13, enjoying El Gordo. Last year he also played, this time at the José del Toro street administration.
After Seville and Cádiz is Malagaawarded 12 times, the last also in 2023. In the capital of the Costa del Sol, five tenths of 88,008 have been sold (two on Calle Armengual de la Mota, one on Calle Catapilco, another on Calle Mármoles and the fifth on Almería Street).
In fourth place on the list is Grenadewhere Gordo fell 11 times. Last year he also performed, notably in the streets of Gran Vía de Colón, Casillas de Prats, Ancha de Capuchinos and Plaza Nueva.
They follow him Cordoba And Almeriaboth sentenced to four years. El Gordo last fell in Córdoba in 2020, the year of the pandemic, while he also played in Almería last year (he was sold at Carrefour and in the administrations of Pérez Galdós and José Artés de Arcos ).
In Spain, the two historically luckiest cities were Madrid (84 times) and Barcelona (43), with Doña Manolita and La Bruixa d’Or, respectively, as emblematic administrations of the two cities.
He Extraordinary Christmas draw It has been celebrated continuously since 1812 (that year it was December 18) and has never been canceled, even because of the civil war. Until 2011, there were only 85,000 numbers in the pot, but now all eligible five-digit numbers are included, from 00000 to 99999. The jackpot is 400,000 euros for the tenth and 4 million for the series.
