Spanish Christmas Lottery: all the prized "Gordos" and statistics
If you have a hunch that after such a difficult year luck will finally be on your side, you may be interested in knowing all the statistics of the Spanish Extraordinary Christmas Draw as well as some interesting facts , since this is the most important draw of Loterías y Apuestas del Estado because of its traditional history and popularity.
The Extraordinary Christmas Draw is, without any doubt, the most awaited draw of the year and the most traditional one in Spain. Every 22 of December the children of Colegio San Idelfonso (San Idelfonso school) are in charge of singing the awarded numbers. Since 2010, due to the large number of people who come to watch the draw, this draw stopped being held in the Loterias y Apuestas del Estado hall of draws and it has been moved to other locations in Madrid with more seating capacity, such as the Palacio de Congresos (Congress Center) or the Teatro Real (Royal Theatre).
- Do you want to know what the numbers that changed the life of thousands and thousands of people were?
- Are you interested in finding out which number was the winner the year you were born, or was the winner in a year that was special for you?
- Would you like to find out which ones were the luckiest numbers, or if the “El Gordo” number has ever been repeated?
In this post we are going to give you information about all the awarded numbers, the main statistics of the Christmas Draw to this day, and all the information you need to know so that you can choose your winner number in the most special draw of the year. Let’s go!
Has the first prize of the Christmas Draw ever been repeated?
The answer is YES, but this circumstance has only ocurred with 2 numbers:
- The number 15,640, awarded in 1956 and 1978.
- The number 20,297, awarded in 1903 and 2006.
According to what the statistics of the Christmas Draw show us and taking into account that 100,000 numbers are currently participating in the draw, the odds of repetition of the same number is very low, but of course it could happen again.
Statistics of the Spanish Christmas Draw: numbers awarded with El Gordo
These are all the numbers awarded with the first prize in the Christmas Draw since 1812 until 2019:
The luckiest numbers of the Spanish Extraordinary Christmas Draw
More than 200 years account for the various statistics onthe Christmas Draw. We are going to provide you with some clues to correctly choose your lucky numbers:
- Most of the numbers awarded with “El Gordo de Navidad” (Spanish Christmas Lottery first prize) have been ranged between numbers from 10,001 to 30,000, which have been winners on 74 occasions.
- The numbers between 0 and 10,000 have been awarded on 64 ocassions, which completely break the popular feeling againstlow numbers.
- The numbers between 66,000 and 99,999 have been awarded a lot less often, but there is a very easy explanation for this: up until 2004, 66,000 numbers were issued; from 2005 to 2010, 85,000 were issued; and from 2011, 100,000 numbers are issued.
- According to Loterias y Apuestas del Estado, the numbers between 40,000 and 49,999 have been the most awarded ones in the last 20 years, with 4 being the luckiest ten thousand to date.
- Also, according to information provided by Loterias y Apuestas del Estado, the numbers beginning with the following tens of thousands have not ever won the first prize: 27, 37, 39, 41, 44, 51, 64, 67 to 70, 72 to 75, 77, and 80 to 99 thousand.
As an interesting fact about the Christmas Draw, we must point out that during the Spanish Civil War, in 1938, 2 Extraordinary Christmas Draws were held on 22 of December of that year. The Republican side held its draw in Barcelona, with the number 22,655 being the winning number; the Francoist regime side did the same thing in Burgos, with the winning number being number 36,758.
What are the most awarded ending numbers according to the statistics of the Spanish Christmas Draw?
As for the final number, the number 5 is the luckiest ending number, because it has won 32 times. It is followed by the numbers 4 and 6, which won 27 times in both cases. On the other hand, the least repeated ending numbers are 1, 2 and 9. The summary of the luckiest ending numbers is as follows:
- 5 on 32 ocassions
- 4 and 6 on 27 ocassions
- 0, 3 and 8 on 22 ocassions
- 7 on 20 ocassions
- 9 on 16 ocassions
- 2 on 13 ocassions
- 1 on 9 ocassions
Regarding the two-digit ending numbers, the most repeated endings has been:
- 85, on seven ocassions
- 57, on six ocassions
- 75 y 64, on five ocassions
- 95, 58 y 40, on four ocassions
As an interesting fact, it should be mentioned that the last 2 figures of the El Gordo have never ended in 09, 10, 21, 25, 31, 34, 41, 42, 43, 51, 54, 59, 67, 78 y 82.
Finally, the most repeated three-digit ending numbers have been the following:
- 297, 457 y 515, three times
- 094, 098, 400, 452, 640, 704, 758 y 892, twice
Do you already know what number you are going choose? Pay attention to the statistics of the Christmas Draw and look for your tenth-share Spanish Christmas Lottery ticket on our website and good luck for 22 December!
