A Coruña It is one of the three provincial capitals where the Christmas lottery jackpot He touched seven times. San Sebastián and Gijón are the other two cities where the top prize of the special draw on 22 December also fell seven times. And the city of A Coruña Oak He is also among the most honored of the Christmas fat, because luck has smiled on him three timesaccording to data from the State Lottery and State Betting Society (SELAE), collected by Europa Press.
The autonomous city of Melilla It is the only region in Spain where the Gordo of the Extraordinary Draw of Christmas lottery, after the provinces of Ávila, Tarragona and Zamora left the list of those that did not receive this great prize in 2018, endowed with 400,000 euros for the tenth. From the opposite side, Madridwhich is the luckiest place in this draw, with 81 times being awarded the grand prize.
Inside Christmas lottery of 2018, which took place at the Teatro Real in Madrid, the city of Melilla also remained the only territory not to have received any of the major awards, since the rest of the 50 provinces of Spain, in addition to Ceuta, had the good fortune to receive part of these expected millions. On the other hand, Ávila, Tarragona and Zamora have been lucky enough to receive part of the Gordo. This coveted award went to the Avila city of El Barraco, as well as the Tarragona municipalities of Altafulla and Camarles; and the Zamoranas of Puebla de Sanabria and Quiruelas de Vidriales, and the capital Zamora.
The ranking of luckier places The city of Madridwhere is he Gordo It has fallen a total of 81 times in the more than 200-year history of the traditional lottery, most recently in 2020. In addition, the first prize has gone to Madrid in the last five years (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020). The first time she was honored was in 1816.
According to data from the State Society of Lotteries and Betting (SELAE), collected by Europa Press, the second luckiest city in Spain is once again Barcelona Since a total of 42 “Gordos” have fallen in Barcelona since 1817, the last one fell in 2019.
These two major cities followed in terms of fortune Sevillewith 17, Bilbao (14, latest in 2020), Valencia (13), Zaragoza (13) a Cadiz (12). In 2018, these five offices received a visit from Christmas lottery jackpot.
Likewise, other Spanish cities have been awarded the Gordo repeatedly throughout history. It is the case of Rum raisinwhere the first prize was awarded ten times; Santander, Alicante and Granadanine times.
A Coruña, San Sebastián and Gijón have been awarded seven times; Palma de Mallorcain six; Badajoz, Lugo and Manises (Valencia), in five; Cordoba, Murcia, Sort (She give), Vic (Barcelona), Salamanca, Valladolid, Burgos and Pamplonain four.
The first prize fell three times in Albacete, Casas Ibáñez (Albacete), Benidorm (Alicante), Oviedo, Sabadell (Barcelona), Cáceres, Algeciras (Cádiz), Carballo (A Coruña)Huesca, Boñar (León), Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid), San Pedro del Pinatar (Murcia), Palencia, Vigo, Logroño, Segovia, San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Las Palmas), Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife), Puerto de la Cruz (Santa Cruz de Tenerife), Telde (Las Palmas) and Teruel.
On two occasions, Fat It has been distributed in Vitoria, Elche and San Vicent del Raspeig (Alicante), Almería, Avilés, El Ejido (Almería), Nava (Asturias), Granollers (Barcelona), Sant Quirze del Vallés (Barcelona), Coria (Cáceres), Castellón , Ciudad Real, Santiago de Compostela, Cuenca, Belmonte (Cuenca), Almuñécar (Granada), Linares (Jaén), León, Lérida, Vilalba (Lugo), Alcorcón (Madrid), Collado Villalba (Madrid), Leganés (Madrid) and San Sebastian de los Reyes (Madrid).
He also won two first prizes in Alora (Málaga), Marbella (Málaga), Ronda (Málaga), Cartagena (Murcia), Yecla (Murcia), Pontevedra, O Porriño (Pontevedra), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Arrecife (Las Palmas ), Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Los Realejos (Tenerife), Soria, Talavera de la Reina (Toledo), Alcira (Valencia), Derio (Vizcaya) and Zamora.
Of the provincial capitals, it only fell once in Guadalajara, Huelva and Ourense, although it also fell in other smaller cities in a historical moment, such as Salou (Tarragona) in 2019. In the cities of Ávila, Girona, Jaén , Tarragona and Toledo the ‘Gordo’ award never dropped.
