The The autonomous city of Melilla is the only region in Spain where the ‘Gordo’ of the Extraordinary Draw of the Christmas Lottery has never fallenafter hehe provinces of Ávila, Tarragona and Zamora will leave the list of not awarded this great prize in 2018, endowed with 400,000 euros to the tenth. On the opposite side, Madrid, which is the luckiest place in this draw, with 81 times graced with the first prize.
In the 2018 Christmas draw, which 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 jackpotss, 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.
Instead, 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 most awarded cities with ‘El Gordo’
The Ranking of the luckiest places continues to be led by the city of Madrid for yet another year, where the ‘Gordo’ has won a total of 81 times in the more than 200-year history of the traditional draw, 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 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. It 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.
Cities graced with the first prize up to three times
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.
In Two occasions, ‘El Gordo’ 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 Sebastián 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.
From provincial capital cities, it has only fallen once in GuadalajaraHuelva 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’ award has never fallen .
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