The autonomous city of Melilla is the only region in Spain where the “Gordo” of the extraordinary Christmas lottery draw has never fallen, after the provinces of Ávila, Tarragona and Zamora left the list of those not awarded with this grand prize in 2018 prize, endowed with 400,000 euros for the tenth. On the opposite side is Madrid, which is the luckiest place in this draw, with 82 times being awarded the grand prize.
In the 2018 Christmas drawing, the city of Melilla was also the only territory that did not receive any of the main prizes, as the rest of the 50 provinces of Spain, in addition to Ceuta, were lucky enough to receive part of these millions foreseen.
On the other hand, Ávila, Tarragona and Zamora were 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 list of the luckiest places
The ranking of the luckiest places continues to be led for another year by the city of Madrid, where the ‘Gordo’ has fallen a total of 82 times in the more than 200-year history of the traditional draw, the latest being in 2021. the first prize has gone to Madrid in the last six years (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021). 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 year 1817, the last one fell in 2019.
These two major cities are followed in terms of fortune by Seville, with 17, Bilbao (14), Valencia (13), Zaragoza (13) and Cádiz (12). These five towns were visited in 2018 by the ‘Gordo’ of the Christmas Lottery.
Similarly, other Spanish cities have been awarded the “Gordo” on several occasions throughout the history of the draw. This is the case in Malaga, where the first prize has been awarded ten times; Santander, Alicante and Granada, nine times.
A Coruña, San Sebastián and Gijón have been awarded seven times; Palma de Mallorca, in six; Badajoz, Lugo and Manises (Valencia), five; Córdoba, Murcia, Sort (Lérida), Vic (Barcelona), Salamanca, Valladolid, Burgos and Pamplona, in 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), Teruel and in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the last time in 2021.
On 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).
He has also won first prize twice in Alora (Málaga), Marbella (Málaga), Ronda (Málaga), Cartagena (Murcia), Yecla (Murcia), Pontevedra, O Porriño (Pontevedra), Arrecife (Las Palmas), Santa Cruz Tenerife , Los Realejos (Tenerife), Soria, Talavera de la Reina (Toledo), Alcira (Valencia), Derio (Vizcaya) and Zamora. Ayamonte (Huelva), where the “Gordo” fell in 2021, has joined this list.
Of the provincial capitals, it has only fallen once in Guadalajara, Huelva and Orense, although it has also fallen in other smaller centers at some historical moment, such as Salou (Tarragona) in 2019 or Santoña (Cantabria) in 2021. of Ávila, Girona , Jaén, Tarragona and Toledo have never won the “Gordo” award.
