The Sorteo Extraordinario of the Christmas Lottery 2022 today, December 22nd, distributes a total of 2.52 billion euros in prizes, 112 million more than last year, when a total of 2.4 billion euros in prizes were distributed
This year, the lottery consists of 180 series, eight more than in previous years when there were 172 series of 100,000 numbers each. This issue amounts to 3.6 billion euros, of which 70 percent will be distributed in prizes, that is to say, 2.52 billion euros will be distributed.
This was stated by the president of Loterías y Apuestas del Estado, Jesús Huerta Almendro, at the press conference presentation of the traditional advertising campaign for the Sorteo Extraordinario de Navidad at the Real Casa de la Moneda in Madrid.
“The Christmas Lottery is a part of our collective memory, it is the permanent memory of so many Christmases with our loved ones,” said the president of Loterías y Apuestas del Estado.
This year, Loterías pays tribute with the illustration of the lottery ticket, once again to culture. On this occasion, ‘La Virgen con el Niño en la Gloria’, a work by Carlo Marattti and located in the Museo Nacional del Prado, is featured on the lottery ticket.
Among the prizes of the Draw are El Gordo de Navidad, with a 4 million euro first prize; a second prize of 1,250,000 euros to the series; or the third, of 500,000 euros. Tenth prize even takes away 20 euros.
Although the price of the lottery ticket remains at 20 euros the president of Loterías y Apuestas del Estado, in view of the inflation increase, pointed out: “At some point it will have to go up. We are trying not to burden people more”
The Christmas Lottery numbers and the winning locations, live
The bowls, the balls, the chute and the rest of the elements that make up the draw arrived at the Teatro Real in Madrid last Wednesday, December 16th, where they remain guarded under strict surveillance and security measures 24 hours a day. On December 21st, they will go on stage to finalize the final details. And in this newspaper we will tell you all the details live.
Check your Christmas Lottery numbers
But the essence will remain and in our coverage you will not only be able to follow all the details of El Gordo draw minute by minute, but you will also have at your disposal photo galleries, videos and a prize checker so that you can learn live if your number has been lucky.
So, if you don’t want to miss that special moment when the children of San Ildefonso sing the famous “four million euros!”, connect from first thing in the morning to our Christmas Lottery 2022 live.
From then on, the children of San Ildefonso will begin to sing the prizes, while thousands of Spaniards wait for El Gordo to appearand the remaining big prizes to appear, but also paying close attention to the rest, which could always leave a suprise in your pocket.
Once the prizes are announced, you can check if you have been lucky. To do this, we recommend you to go to our Christmas Lottery 2022 prize checker. Simply enter the numbers of the tickets you participate in and you will quickly know if you have struck lucky.
In addition, once all the prizes have been sung, you still have the option of the pedrea
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