THIS year's jackpot-winning El Niño number is 57342, worth €200,000 for a décimo, or tenth of a ticket.
In the same way as the Christmas El Gordo draw on December 22, the pupils at Madrid's San Ildefonso school 'sing' the numbers as the balls roll out.
The first prize has been won by ticket-holders all over the country, including Toledo, Albacete, Rianxo (A Coruña), Mollet del Vallès, Vilanova del Camí, Pineda de Mar (Barcelona), Veguellina de Orbigo (León), Manises, Simat de la Valldigna (Valencia), Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid), San Sebastián, Tarancón (Cuenca), Santander, Quintanar de la Orden, Villa de Don Fadrique (Toledo province), Lleida, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and Lorca (Murcia).
As has been the case with almost every El Gordo and El Niño draw for as long as anyone in Madrid can remember, the lottery shop known as Doña Manolita sold a batch of the jackpot number – a total of 10 décimos.
Second prize, worth €75,000 for a décimo, went to number 21816 and was sold in Benidorm, Málaga, Madrid, Pamplona, Valladolid and Zamora.
Third prize goes to number 26706 and was only sold by two lottery shops in Spain – branch number 1 in Torrent (Valencia province) and branch number 18 in Valladolid.
Other prizes go to combinations that include 1867 and 5343, at €350 per décimo or €3,500 per full ticket.
