“El Niño” raffle: 19 times in Bilbao, 1 in Vitoria – Norte Exprés
The first prize of «El Niño» has fallen in Euskadi on 35 occasions, the last in 2021 although there were barely 2 million in the Bilbao neighborhood of Zorroza. The previous year the fat man was also seen in Euskadi with another pinch in San Sebastián.
In 2018, however, the first prize was sold entirely in Bilbao, which is precisely the Basque town most graced with the jackpot in the history of the “El Niño” lottery.
in fact Bilbao It is, together with Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia, the most graced city with the first prize in this raffle. In these four cities, the jackpot has played up to 99 times since this raffle began in 1941.
Specifically, the first prize for “El Niño” has fallen in Madrid 43 times, in Barcelona 37 times, in Bilbao, at 19, and in Valencia, in 15.
Within Euskadi, the most graceful towns after Bilbao are San Sebastián, where the fat man has fallen 8 times and Getxo, with 3. Álava has only been graced once (Vitoria in 1987), the same as the Biscayan municipality of Barakaldo, and the Gipuzkoan municipalities of Azkoitia, Oñati and Pasai Antxo.
The Extraordinary Draw of “El Niño”, which will be held on January 6, will distribute 700 million in prizes, with a first prize of two million euros per series (200,000 euros for the tenth).
The second prize in this draw, the second most important in the National Lottery, is endowed with 750,000 euros (75,000 to the tenth) and the third with 250,000 euros (25,000 to the tenth). EFE
HISTORY
There are just a few hours left for the celebration of the first great Draw of the year, the El Niño Extraordinary Draw and these are some of the historical curiosities of the mythical Draw:
- This Child’s raffleque data from the 19th century, it was institutionalized in 1941 by F. Roldán, has managed year after year to become a tradition among the Spanish population as a great event that opens each new year.
- That as a result of the resounding success of the first draw held before the Epiphany of the Lord, it was discovered the following year, in 1942transform him into Extraordinary Draw.
Queen 1941 the draw consisted of 4 series of 42,000 tickets each at 150 ptas.
the ticket, divided into tenths to 15 ptas. - what was sold 166,668 banknotes with a total collection of 25,230,000 pesetas.
- Queen 1942the First Extraordinary Draw of the year, counted with 3 sets of
56,000 banknotes each, at 250 ptas. the ticket, divided into tenths, of 25 ptas. - That the numbers and populations graced in the El Niño lottery of 1942 with the first 3 prizes They were:
1st Prize of 2,000,000 ptas. at no. 52,434 in Murcia.
2nd Prize of 1,000,000 ptas. at no. 27,541 in Getafe (Madrid), Bilbao and
Albacete.
3rd Prize of 750,000 ptas. at nº 35.285 in Arucas (Las Palmas), Valdepeñas
(Ciudad Real) and Valencia. - than in the year 2012, the Extraordinary Draw of “El Niño” was held in Cádiz in commemoration of the second centenary of the constitution of cadiz of 1812 “La Pepa” and of the Bicentennial of the Birth of the National Lottery.