The luckiest numbers of El Gordo Spanish Christmas lottery
If you have the feeling that this 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 clues to choose correctly your lucky number, you have to keep readind this post about the most important draw of Loterías y Apuestas del Estado.
The Extraordinary Christmas Draw is, without any doubt, the most awaited draw of the year and the most traditional one in Spain. Every 22 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 ending 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 up until now, and all the information you need to know so that you can choose your winning number in the most special draw of the year. Let’s go!
All the winning numbers of the Spanish Christmas lottery
The winning numbers awarded with the first prize in the Christmas Draw since 1812 until 2024 are those shown in the following table:
The most awarded ending numbers of El Gordo Lottery
As for the final number, number 5 is the luckiest ending number, because it has been the winning number 31 times. It is followed by 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 31 occasions
- 4 and 6 on 27 occasions
- 8 on 25 occasions
- 0 on 24 ocassions
- 7 on 23 occasions
- 3 on 21 occasions
- 9 on 16 occasions
- 2 on 13 occasions
- 1 on 8 occasions
Regarding the two-digit ending numbers, the most repeated endings have been:
- 57, on seven occasions
- 85, on six occasions
- 58, 64, 75 and 90, on five occasions
- 00, 40 and 95,on four occasions
As an interesting fact, it is worth noting that the last 2 numbers of the El Gordo have never ended in 09, 10, 21, 25, 31, 34, 41, 42, 43, 51, 54, 59, 67, 78 and 82.
Lastly, the most repeated three-digit ending numbers have been the following:
- 297, 457 and 515, three times
- 094, 400, 452, 600, 640, 704, 758 and 892, twice.
Also, as another interesting fact, El Gordo has ended 4 times in the three-digit ending numbers repeated, specifically in 444, 666, 888 and 999.
Has the first prize “El Gordo” of the Christmas Draw ever been repeated?
The answer is YES, but this fact has only occurred with 2 numbers:
- Number 15,640, awarded in 1956and
- Number 20,297, awarded in1903 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 are very low, but of course it could happen again.
The cities where El Gordo has been awarded the most:
These are the cities where El Gordo has been awarded the most times:
- MADRID, 81 times
- BARCELONA, 42 times
- SEVILLE, 17 times
- BILBAO, VALENCIA and ZARAGOZA, 13 times
- CADIZ, 12 times
- MALAGA, 10 times
- ALICANTE and SANTANDER, 9 times
On the other hand, MELILLA is the only city in Spain that has never been awarded this prize.
Clues to choose correctly your Spanish Christmas lottery ticket
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 ranged between numbers 10,001 to 30,000, which have been winners on 74 occasions.
- The numbers between 0 and 10,000 have been awarded on 64 occasions,which completely dismisses the popular feeling of opting against low numbers.
- The numbers between 66,000 and 99,999 have been awarded only on 10 ocassions, 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.
- The numbers beginning with the following tens of thousands have never won the first prize (El Gordo): 27, 37, 39, 41, 44, 51, 64, 67 to 70, 73 to 75, 77, 80 to 85, and 87 to 99 thousand.
- According to Loterías 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.
- Most of the numbers awarded with “El Gordo” have some repeated figure.
Do you already know which number you are going to choose? Now that you know the statistics of the Spanish Christmas lottery, look for your tenth-share ticket of El Gordo on our website and, good luck this 22nd of December!
