Palma has been graced with the ‘Gordo‘ of Extraordinary Draw of the Christmas Lottery six times, while the autonomous city of Melilla is the only one region of Spain where it has never fallen, after the provinces of Ávila, Tarragona and Zamora left in 2018 the list of not graced with this great prize, endowed with 400,000 euros to the tenth.
On the opposite side, Madridwhich is the luckiest place in this draw, with 81 times graced with the first prize.
in the draw of Christmas 2018which took place at the Teatro Real in Madrid, the city of Melilla was also the only territory that did not receive any of the grand jackpotssince 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 award went to the town of El Barraco in Ávila, as well as to the Tarragona municipalities of Altafulla and Camarles; and the Zamora women from Puebla de Sanabria and Quiruelas de Vidriales, and the capital of Zamora.
The ranking One of the luckiest places continues to be led by the city of Madrid, where the ‘Gordo’ has fallen a total of 81 times in the more than 200-year history of the traditional draw, the last one last year 2020. In addition, the first prize has gone to Madrid in the last five years (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020). The first time it was graced was in 1816.
According to data from the State Society of State Lotteries and Gambling (SELAE), the second city in Spain with the greatest fortune is once again Barcelona since a total of 42 ‘Gordos’ have fallen in the city since 1817, the last one fell in 2019.
These two large cities are followed in terms of fortune by Seville, with 17, Bilbao (14, the last one in 2020), Valencia (13), Zaragoza (13) and Cádiz (12). These five locations received in 2018 the visit of the ‘Gordo’ of the Christmas lottery.
Also, other Spanish cities have been graced with the ‘Gordo‘ repeatedly throughout history. This is the case of Malaga, where the first prize has been awarded ten times; Santander, Alicante and Granada, on nine occasions.
A Coruña, San Sebastián and Gijón have been awarded seven times; Palma de Mallorca, in six; Badajoz, Lugo and Manises (Valencia), in five; Córdoba, Murcia, Sort (Lérida), Vic (Barcelona), Salamanca, Valladolid, Burgos and Pamplona, in four.
The first prize has been won 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‘ 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).
The first prize has also won 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 cities province capitalit has only fallen once in Guadalajara, Huelva and Orense, 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.
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