"This includes the years during the Spanish Civil War when the lottery draw was held in Valencia after the Republicans were forced to relocate their capital from Madrid. After the overthrow of the Republican government the lottery continued uninterrupted under the Franco regime. As measured by the total prize payout, the Spanish Christmas Lottery is considered the biggest lottery worldwide. In 2017, with 165 million pre-printed €20 tickets to sell (""décimos""), the maximum total amount available for all prizes would be €2.31 billion (70% of ticket sales). The total prize for the first place ""El Gordo"" (""the big one"") jackpot"
"naβiˈðað] or simply Lotería de Navidad [loteˈɾia ðe naβiˈðað]) is a national lottery. It is organized every year since 1812 by a branch of the Spanish Public Administration, now called Loterías y Apuestas del Estado. The name Sorteo de Navidad was used for the first time in 1892. The Spanish Christmas lottery is the second longest continuously running lottery in the world. This includes the years during the Spanish Civil War when the lottery draw was held in Valencia after the Republicans were forced to relocate their capital from Madrid. After the overthrow of the Republican government the lottery continued"
"in Hamburg. In Austria the first lottery was drawn in 1751, during the reign of Empress Maria Theresia, and was named ""Lotto di Genova"" since it was based on 90 numbers. Spain offers a wealth of lottery games, the majority of which are operated by Loterías y Apuestas del Estado with the remaining lotteries operated by the ONCE and the Catalan government. The first Spanish lottery game was played back in 1763 and, over the last two centuries, playing the lottery in Spain has developed into a tradition. The Spanish Christmas Lottery (officially Sorteo Extraordinario de Navidad [soɾˈteo ekstɾaorðiˈnaɾjo ðe"
"180 times under different series numbers. Moreover, each series is divided into 10 ""décimos"" (tenths in English), which are the individual tickets available for purchase. This results in the top prize being split by a very big number of winners usually from different regions of Spain. The 2011 top prize of €720 million was paid out as €4 million (US$5.2 million) to each of the 180 tickets (or €400,000 for each ""décimo"") with the number 58268. In 2016, the total prize pool was $2.310 billion (US$2.414 billion) All lottery winnings are subject to Federal taxation (automatically reported to the Internal"
"back to the late 18th century. The goal of the Lotería is to create jobs and to ""impulse the wealth redistribution process"". The Lotería is also a member of the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries. As measured by the total prize payout, the Spanish Christmas Lottery is considered the biggest lottery worldwide. In 2012, if all of the tickets had been sold, the total amount payout of prizes would have been worth €2.52 billion (70% of ticket sales). The total amount of all prizes of the first category called El Gordo (""the fat one"") was €720 million"
"Lottery jackpot records This is a collection of notable lottery jackpot records in the United States and Europe, listing the largest prizes/jackpots awarded in various drawings. Spain's ""Sorteo Extraordinario de Navidad"" (Spanish Christmas Lottery) is generally considered to be the world's largest lottery game, with the largest first prize/jackpot. In 2012, the first prize was €720 million (then US$941.8 million). The total prize pool in 2012 was €2.52 billion (US$3.297 billion). The tickets for this drawing have pre-printed five-digit numbers, with each set of numbers sold multiple times in ""series"". For example, a ticket with the number ""00001"" was printed"
"El Gordo de la Primitiva El Gordo de la Primitiva (lit. ""the fat one of the primitive (lottery)"", can be translated as ""the big one""), commonly known as El Gordo, is one of the ""Loterías y Apuestas del Estado"" (Spanish state lotteries). The largest prize given at the Spanish Christmas Lottery (and to a lesser extent at any other Spanish lottery), is also referred to as 'El Gordo'. Tickets consist of two grids, one with numbers from 1 to 54 and the second from 0 to 9. Players have to pick five numbers in the first grid and one in"
"the past it took place in the ""Lotería Nacional"" hall of Madrid, while in 2010 and 2011 it was celebrated in the ""Palacio Municipal de Congresos de Madrid"", and in 2012 in ""Teatro Real"" in Madrid. Pupils of the San Ildefonso school (formerly reserved for orphans of public servants) draw the numbers and corresponding prizes, delivering the results in song to the public. Until 1984, only boys from San Ildefonso participated in the drawing; that year Mónica Rodríguez became the first girl to sing the results, including a fourth prize of 25 million Spanish pesetas. It is a custom that"
"would be €720 million. Since 2011, the Spanish Christmas Lottery is based on tickets (""billetes"") which have 5-digit numbers, from #00000 to #99999. Since this system only produces 100,000 unique ticket numbers, each ticket number is printed multiple times, in several so-called series (""serie""). The series is also identified on each ticket by a series number. In this way, the lottery organizer is able to sell more than 100,000 tickets each year, numbered from ""Series 001 Ticket 00000"" through ""Series xxx Ticket 99999"", where xxx is the total number of series printed in a given year. For example, in 2015,"
"the winners donate some of the money to the San Ildefonso school. The public attending the event may be dressed in lottery-related extravagant clothing and hats. The state-run Televisión Española and Radio Nacional de España, and other media outlets, broadcast the entire draw, which currently takes place on December 22 each year. Two large spherical cages are used. The largest one contains 100,000 small wooden balls, each with a unique 5-digit ticket number on it, from 00000 to 99999. The smaller cage contains 1,807 small wooden balls, each one representing a prize written in Euros: Inscriptions on the wooden balls"
"the second (key number). The key number also serves as return number. The tickets can be bought from Monday to Saturday in over eleven-thousand locations in Spain and cost €1.50 per grid. By selecting six to eleven numbers in the first grid you can make multiple (6 to 462) bets with the same ticket. Drawings are held every Sunday at 13:00 (GMT+1). Five numbers are drawn at random from 1-54, and then another one for the key number from 0-9. Prizes are awarded to tickets whose numbers match the drawn ones. First prize is for a perfect match (5+1), second"
"going to the government as value-added tax (VAT) due. Lottery jackpot records This is a collection of notable lottery jackpot records in the United States and Europe, listing the largest prizes/jackpots awarded in various drawings. Spain's ""Sorteo Extraordinario de Navidad"" (Spanish Christmas Lottery) is generally considered to be the world's largest lottery game, with the largest first prize/jackpot. In 2012, the first prize was €720 million (then US$941.8 million). The total prize pool in 2012 was €2.52 billion (US$3.297 billion). The tickets for this drawing have pre-printed five-digit numbers, with each set of numbers sold multiple times in ""series"". For"
"categories remains void, and also in case any category were to have lower prizes than a lower one. El Gordo de la Primitiva El Gordo de la Primitiva (lit. ""the fat one of the primitive (lottery)"", can be translated as ""the big one""), commonly known as El Gordo, is one of the ""Loterías y Apuestas del Estado"" (Spanish state lotteries). The largest prize given at the Spanish Christmas Lottery (and to a lesser extent at any other Spanish lottery), is also referred to as 'El Gordo'. Tickets consist of two grids, one with numbers from 1 to 54 and the"
"of ONCE is the charity lottery ticket known throughout Spain as the ""Cupón"". Sales of this lottery product are the main source of income for ONCE and can carry huge tax-exempt cash prizes. The draw has different tickets for different days of the week, a special weekend ticket as well as special tickets with higher prizes, usually by season. The draw has for many years been broadcast live every night on Spanish TV channels, including Telecinco, Cuatro and CNN+. As of January 3, 2017, it is shown on the Spanish television channel La 1. The basic graphic designs on the"
"one or two numbers, so the winners of the largest prizes often live in the same town or area or work for the same company. In 2011, ""El Gordo"" was sold entirely in Grañén, Huesca, a town with about 2,000 people. In 2010, €414 million from the first prize were sold in Barcelona, and the rest of the €585 million of ""El Gordo"" was distributed between Madrid, Tenerife, Alicante, Palencia, Zaragoza, Cáceres, and Guipúzcoa. In 2006, the winning number was sold in eight different lottery outlets across Spain, while the second prize number (€100,000 per ""décimo"") was only ever sold"
"conceals a Quiebra (Bankrupt) or €10,000. Players must call a correct letter to be able to pick up the wedge, or take a flat €50 for each letter. La ruleta de la fortuna La ruleta de la fortuna or La ruleta de la suerte is the Spanish version of ""Wheel of Fortune."" The first incarnation ran from 1990 to 1992 in Antena 3, the second one from 1993 to 1997 in Telecinco, and then, after a 9 year hiatus, a revival has been made on Antena 3 beginning in 2006. The 1990s versions all awarded cash in the previous Spanish"
"single cash payment. The largest BonoLoto jackpot of €7,000,000 was won in 1990 by a single winner. Winnings over €2,500 are subject to a 20% government tax from . BonoLoto The first draw of BonoLoto was held on . The aim of the game was to provide frequent draws at affordable prices. Reintegro (Reimbursement) was introduced to the game in 1991. BonoLoto draws are on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 19:00 GMT in the official lottery draw studios of the Spanish national lottery operator, Loterías y Apuestas del Estado. Players have to match 6 numbers from 1-49. During the"
"of the village was once about 400, but is now down to about 250. Early in 2012, the village's homeowner association won the largest prize to date in the Spanish Christmas Lottery drawing, a sum of about 950 million US dollars. A single ticket was worth 130,000 US dollars. Every resident save one had purchased at least one ticket. This feat received a lot of media attention and journalists swamped the village. A year later however, press reports indicate that the enormous amount of prize money didn't make the inhabitants that much happier. Sodeto Sodeto is a village in the"
"for the Gran AMPE de Oro and the Premio a la Excelencia Publicitaria, given by Museo Reina Sofía. Cook (dog) Cook (11 November 2000 – 19 May 2016) was a Jack Russell Terrier dog actor known for his rol as Pancho in the advertisement of Lotería Primitiva of Spain, in which he earned 500 euros per day of shooting. He was born in Casteldefels, Barcelona, and his owner was Antonio Valor, his trainer, and his wife Yolanda. At the age of four months, he was sold by 70.000 pesetas and they decided to change his name into Cook (his original"
"have purchased their tickets in that location. This sometimes leads to a small village full of grand prize winners. Locations where previous grand prize winners were sold (El Gordo) often becomes a location of lottery pilgrimage where thousands of people (both local and from far away) will queue and buy their ticket at this location ""for luck"". The tickets are also sold outside of Spain, usually online (legally or illegally) often with a notable markup in price. In 2012, the €4,000,000 ""El Gordo"" was paid to ticket number 76058. The numbers 76057 and 76059 obtained the corresponding €20,000 approximation prizes."
"La ruleta de la fortuna La ruleta de la fortuna or La ruleta de la suerte is the Spanish version of ""Wheel of Fortune."" The first incarnation ran from 1990 to 1992 in Antena 3, the second one from 1993 to 1997 in Telecinco, and then, after a 9 year hiatus, a revival has been made on Antena 3 beginning in 2006. The 1990s versions all awarded cash in the previous Spanish currency of the peseta, and the wheel's values were from 5,000 to 100,000 pesetas, with vowels costing 50,000 pesetas. Only three normal puzzles and the bonus round were"
"BonoLoto The first draw of BonoLoto was held on . The aim of the game was to provide frequent draws at affordable prices. Reintegro (Reimbursement) was introduced to the game in 1991. BonoLoto draws are on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 19:00 GMT in the official lottery draw studios of the Spanish national lottery operator, Loterías y Apuestas del Estado. Players have to match 6 numbers from 1-49. During the draw, a 7th, additional number is pulled, the so-called Complimentario (Complementary), which is used to create the 5+1 winning category. BonoLoto has a so-called Reintegro feature. Reintegro is randomly"
"wins the show's progressive jackpot. If neither contestant wins the jackpot, the contestant with more correct responses returns in the next episode. ""Pasapalabra"" first aired on Antena 3 in 2000, with Silvia Jato as host. Constantino Romero substituted Jato in 2002. Jaime Cantizano replaced Jato as host in 2006. In 2006, a ""Pasapalabra"" jackpot of 2.190.000 € became the largest prize ever awarded on a game show in Spain, and the third largest prize ever awarded on a game show in Europe. In 2007, ""Pasapalabra"" moved to Telecinco with Christian Gálvez as host. ""Pasapalabra"" airs evenings on Telecinco, Monday through"
"or Guatemala, Spain almost always selected famous names, most of whom would achieve strong results. Spain won the event on 6 occasions, which makes it the second most successful participant after Mexico. The first Spanish victory came in 1976 with the singer-songwriter María Ostiz and her song ""Canta cigarra"" (Cicada, start singing!). This protest song, which transmitted a deep feeling of sadness, was not one of the favourite ones to win the contest, in fact being among the least favoured entries in the betting odds. Ostiz, who thought that she could not win, left the auditorium before the voting process"
"Apache"") 39 ""El nopal"" (""the prickly pear cactus"") 40 ""El alacrán"" (""the scorpion"") 41 ""La rosa"" (""the rose"") 42 ""La calavera"" (""the skull"") 43 ""La campana"" (""the bell"") 44 ""El cantarito"" (""the little water pitcher"") 45 ""El venado"" (""the deer"") 46 ""El Sol"" (""the sun"") 47 ""La corona"" (""the crown"") 48 ""La chalupa"" (""the canoe"") 49 ""El pino"" (""the pine tree"") 50 ""El pescado"" (""the fish"") 51 ""La palma"" (""the palm tree"") 52 ""La maceta"" (""the flowerpot"") 53 ""El arpa"" (""the harp"") 54 ""La rana"" (""the frog"") Software to print ""Lotería :"" Loteria Workshop Pictures of different loteria decks ""Lotería"""
"is 107 meters height. It is still considered one of the safest buildings in the city as it was built over reinforcement against earthquakes. The building was inaugurated in 1945. The origins of Mexico's national lottery back to the early colonial period when viceroy Marques de Croix instituted one based on European lotteries of the era. It was instituted as the “Real Lotería General de Nueva España” in 1770 with the earnings going towards various charities such as the Hospicio de Pobres home for the poor. The Frontón Mexico building is Art Deco from 1929. It was home to the"
"banknote production quota to a commercial law firm in which it held a majority stake. The mint has a permanent museum exhibition, on the third floor of its headquarters building, called the Museo Casa de la Moneda. The historic mint in Segovia also houses a museum. The mint is the focus of the Spanish television series ""Money Heist"", although shot at the Spanish National Research Council. Royal Mint (Spain) The Royal Mint of Spain ( ""National Coinage and Stamp Factory – Royal Mint"", abbreviated as FNMT-RCM) is the national mint of Spain. The FNMT-RCM is a public corporation, managed by"
"would give the colonia its name. In the 1940s, the National Lottery occupied it in part and held drawings here, before moving to its current location at Rosales Street and Avendia Del Ejido. The building was than a preparatory school. In 1986, it was converted into the current museum, which exhibits European art from the 14th to 20th centuries. It also holds temporary exhibits such as the collection of works by Francisco de Zurbarán, a contemporary of Diego Velázquez. One of the first skyscrapers in Mexico City, the El Moro Building, was built here to accommodate the National Lottery. It"
"initials, ""F.N.M.T."", began to appear at the bottom of some stamps. Since 1977, the year of issue has appeared on Spanish stamps. Stamps in Spain are distributed and sold by the Spanish postal service known as the Correos y Telégrafos, and beginning in 2001 officially a governmental corporation, the Sociedad Estatal de Correos y Telégrafos, S.A. Since 2011 the corporation and its subsidiaries are known as the ""Grupo Correos"". Spain is located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar;"
"joining the Eurozone, which results in the 1,000,000 koruna prize being dropped. The Spanish version premiered on September 2008 with the name ""No te olvides de la canción"" (Don't forget the song). It is aired at La Sexta and hosted by Operación Triunfo academy's former director Àngel Llàcer. The jackpot prize is €100,000. The Taiwan version is called """" (""Million Singer""), hosted by Harlem Yu. This program is aired in Taiwan Television Enterprise, Ltd. (TTV), TVBS Asia and Mediacorp Channel U. But it is not the authorized program from the origin. The top prize is NTD300,000. The Taiwan version premiered"
"IBEX 35 The IBEX 35 (; ; contraction of ""Índice Bursátil Español"", literally Spanish Exchange Index) is the benchmark stock market index of the Bolsa de Madrid, Spain's principal stock exchange. Initiated in 1992, the index is administered and calculated by Sociedad de Bolsas, a subsidiary of Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME), the company which runs Spain's securities markets (including the Bolsa de Madrid). It is a market capitalization weighted index comprising the 35 most liquid Spanish stocks traded in the Madrid Stock Exchange General Index and is reviewed twice annually. Trading on options and futures contracts on the IBEX"
"Royal Mint (Spain) The Royal Mint of Spain ( ""National Coinage and Stamp Factory – Royal Mint"", abbreviated as FNMT-RCM) is the national mint of Spain. The FNMT-RCM is a public corporation, managed by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Business. There were several public and private mints in Spain until Philip V, the first Bourbon King of Spain, decided in the 18th century to make minting coinage a State monopoly. During the reign of Isabella II there were seven public mints, located in Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Pamplona, Jubia, Segovia and Manila (in the Philippines), and each one had its"
"Rodney's numbers win the one million peseta jackpot. The group are then informed by the holiday organisers that they will be unable to claim the prize, since the winning tickets were in Rodney's name and under Spanish law, people under 18 are not allowed to gamble. Knowing their charade is over and desperately wanting to claim the prize, Rodney produces his student's card in to prove that he really ""is"" over 18, so the Trotters can then legally claim the prize. However, that has also been modified by Del, meaning the Trotters' windfall cannot be won. Del ruefully suggests ""It's"