Translated into Spanish as "The Big One," El Gordo de la Primitiva delivers on its name with the chance for you to win tremendous jackpots. As well as being the home of El Gordo, Spain has several other draws to enter including the festive El Gordo Navidad.
The Spanish Lottery organisers, Loterías y Apuestas del Estado, were established by Royal Decree in 1985 to operate national lotteries in Spain. El Gordo de la Primitiva is one of the lotteries on offer and was first launched in 1993.
Originally this lottery was only held once a month but in October 1997 the draw was changed to weekly. There have not been many changes to El Gordo since then other than an additional 9th prize tier being added in 2005.
In 2002 The National Lottery changed its name to simply ‘Lotto’ and has been continuing to make millionaires ever since..
El Gordo is played once a week on Sunday afternoon. No sales are made on Sunday so the cut-off for ticket purchases is actually the Saturday afternoon before the draw. Drawings are held in Madrid at 1pm (GMT+1) every Sunday and broadcast on Televisión Española and Radio Nacional de España. Once results are confirmed a few hours later, results mailers will be sent out. .
The value of the prize tiers is determined by the volume of ticket sales from the previous week
| Matching Numbers | Prize |
|---|---|
| 5 balls + Key number | Jackpot |
| 5 balls | Tier2 |
| 4 balls + Key number | Tier3 |
| 3 balls + Key number | Tier5 |
| 4 balls | Tier4 |
| 3 balls + Key number | Tier6 |
| 3 balls | Tier3 |
| 2 balls + Key number | Tier7 |
| 2 balls | Tier8 |
| 0 balls + Key number | Tier9 |
Like many other lotteries including the USA Powerball and Mega Millions, the El Gordo de la Primitiva involves the use of two separate number sets. Lottery players select their numbers as follows:
- Select 5 numbers from a possible 54 (the primary numbers)
- Select 1 number from a possible 9 (the 'Key' number)
To win the jackpot a player needs to match all 5 primary numbers and the extra Key number.
All El Gordo winnings over $ 5.000 are taxed at 24%. Lotto Agent does not eliminate any fees! You can claim your El Gordo Lottery winning as a one-time, non-recurrent cash payment