Luck of the draw: Places and numbers that up your El Gordo lottery chances
Monday, December 21, 2020 @ 1:10 PM
IT'S THAT time of year everyone in Spain has been waiting for and which always involves huge amounts of cash being dished out.
Oh, and it's nearly Christmas, too. That falls on a Friday this year, so hopefully not on 13th. Best check your diary if you're superstitious.
The El Gordo lottery does not normally produce multi-millionaires, but it does involve more prizewinners than your average national draw – the odds are higher, the payouts are smaller, but generally, a top-four win will be enough to change your life and maybe even to pay off your mortgage.
Or perhaps you'll find it's enough to buy yourself a nice new home or holiday home in Spain – if so, look no further than our property for sale page where you can find practically anything within your budget, no matter what that budget is.
Every year on December 22, Spain tunes in to channel one, or TVE – the country's answer to the BBC – at midday to watch the children from Madrid's San Ildefonso primary school choir 'sing' the winning numbers as the balls roll out one at a time, and whatever day of the week December 23 falls on, notaries' offices are always open for winners to sign for their cash.
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