A Coruña It is one of the three provincial capital cities in which the Christmas Lottery Jackpot Has touched seven times. San Sebastián and Gijón are the other two cities in which the highest prize in the Extraordinary Draw on December 22 has also fallen seven times. And the town of A Coruña Oak It is also among the most graced with 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 of Spain where the Gordo of the Extraordinary Draw of the Christmas lottery, after the provinces of Ávila, Tarragona and Zamora left the list of those not awarded this great prize in 2018, endowed with 400,000 euros for the tenth. On the opposite side, Madridwhich is the luckiest place in this draw, with 81 times graced with the first prize.
In it christmas raffle of 2018, which took place at the Teatro Real in Madrid, the city of Melilla also remained as the only territory that did not receive any of the major prizes, since in the rest of the 50 provinces of Spain, as well as Ceuta, they were lucky enough to receive part of these expected millions. On the other hand, Ávila, Tarragona and Zamora were fortunate to be graced with part of the Gordo. This coveted prize went to the Avila town of El Barraco, as well as to the Tarragona municipalities of Altafulla and Camarles; and the Zamoranas of Puebla de Sanabria and Quiruelas de Vidriales, and Zamora capital.
The ranking of the luckiest places The city of Madridwhere he Gordo It has fallen a total of 81 times in the more than 200 years of history of the traditional raffle, the last one 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 graced was in 1816.
According to data from the State Lottery and State Betting Society (SELAE), collected by Europa Press, the second most fortunate 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 great cities are followed in terms of fortune Sevillacon 17, Bilbao (14, last in 2020), Valencia (13), Zaragoza (13) y Cadiz (12). These five locations received in 2018 the visit of the Christmas Lottery Jackpot.
Likewise, other Spanish cities have been graced with the Gordo repeatedly throughout history. It is the case of Málagawhere the first prize has been awarded ten times; Santander, Alicante and Granadanine times.
A Coruña, San Sebastián and Gijón they have been awarded seven times; Palma de Mallorcain six; Badajoz, Lugo and Manises (Valencia), in five; Cordoba, Murcia, Sort (Lleida), Vic (Barcelona), Salamanca, Valladolid, Burgos and Pamplonain four.
The first prize has fallen 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 was 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 has also won first prize twice 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 provincial capital cities, it has only fallen once in Guadalajara, Huelva and Ourense, although it has also fallen in other smaller towns at some time in history, such as Salou (Tarragona) in 2019. In the cities of Ávila, Girona, Jaén, Tarragona and Toledo the ‘Gordo’ prize has never fallen.
