Christmas Lottery - ‘El Gordo’ winning number is 72897

The number 72897 has won the 'Gordo' , the 4,000,000 euro top prize in Spain's special 2020 Christmas lottery. The number was drawn at 12.02 today.

The number has been sold in many different parts of the country, including Punta Umbría (Huelva), Reus (Tarragona), Granada, Madrid (Doña Manolita), Boñar (León), O Grove (Pontevedra), Bilbao, Granadilla de Abona (Santa Cruz de Tenerife), Jávea (Alicante), Cáceres, El Puerto de Santa María (Cádiz), Córdoba, Haría (Las Palmas), San Pedro del Pinatar (Murcia), Vigo (Pontevedra), O Porriño (Pontevedra), Salamanca, Bonavista (Tarragona), Oliva (Valencia), Alfara del Patriarca (Valencia) and Zamora.

Today's Christmas lottery has 2.4 billion euros in prizes up for offer - 28 million more than last year. 

So far, the third prize has also been drawn - number 52472, and the fourth prize which was drawn at 11.56am - number 75981. The second prize is still to be drawn, as well as one fourth prize and two fifth prizes.

The first winning numbers to be drawn were two fifth prizes at 9.17am and 9.20am: 86986 and 37023 respectively. 

A little over an hour later, and again close together at 10.42am and 10.44am, the third and fourth fifth prizes were drawn: 19371 and 49760 respectively. The fifth fifth prize, number 55483 was drawn at 11.16am and the sixith fifth prize went to number 28674.

Amongst the prizes shared out during the course of the Christmas Lottery, the drawing of which lasts most of the day, is the most famous prize of all known as  the 'Gordo' (the Fat One), which is the first prize and is worth 400,000 euros per décimo (20€ ticket). Then comes the second prize, worth 125,000 euros per décimo, and the third prize worth 50,000 euros per décimo. In addition, here are two fourth prizes worth 20,000 euros each and eight fifth prizes worth 6,000 euros each per décimo. 

This year, because of Covid-19 restrictions, the famous lottery draw has had to be held without an audience at Madrid's Teatro Real.