Sales of the Extraordinary Christmas Lottery Draw, which began this Friday at 9:08 a.m., have grown by 5 percent compared to 2022 and have reached a total of 3,318 million euros, according to informed the State Society of State Lotteries and Betting (Selae).
This is the third year in which sales of this Christmas raffle have increased, after the decrease registered in 2020 due to the covid-19 pandemic.
Specifically, according to lotteries, the draw has generated 3,318,931,500 euros, while in 2022 the amount raised was 3,180 million.
The average expenditure per inhabitant was 69.97 euros, 4.37% more than last year when it was 67.11 euros.
The community in which the most lottery sales have been recorded has been, once again, Castilla y León, with 111.16 euros per inhabitant; followed by Asturias, with 106.25, and La Rioja, with 103.81.
On the contrary, the cities of Ceuta and Melilla, with 19 and 17.05 euros respectively, are the towns in which the least expenditure has been recorded per inhabitant.
The doors of the Teatro Real open their doors for the Christmas Lottery draw
The doors of the Teatro Real in Madrid opened shortly after a quarter past seven in the morning to the public, who surrounded the venue early in the morning, braving the cold to be the first to enter the room where the extraordinary draw will be held this Friday. of the Christmas lottery.
Among the early risers, there is no shortage of regulars every year with their Don Quixote, Sancho and Dulcinea costumes, “very nervous” in case they finally get the big one this year.
Other traditional characters such as the Pope, The Tenth or The Christmas Basket also attended early in the morning, and also many dressed in reindeer and Santa Claus hats.
While all this was happening, sound tests were carried out in the room and the vacuum cleaner was vacuumed for the last time, the last preparations for the year’s performance to begin around nine in the morning.
Among the prizes, the well-known Gordo stands out, who will distribute 4,000,000 euros to the series and 400,000 to the tenth.
The second prize is worth 125,000 euros for the series; and the third with 50,000. There are also two fourth prizes, of 20,000 euros per tenth each and eight fifths of 6,000 euros per tenth each (300 per euro played).
In addition, there is an extensive list of stones and approaches for a draw with 185 million tenths issued, 185 series of 100,000 bills, each of which is divided into ten tenths.
It is worth remembering that the Ministry of Finance retains 20% of individual prizes, as long as they are greater than 40,000 euros.
By Sohail Majeed
