Annual Payout per draw

Over €2 billion

Draw Format

Classic raffle format

Draw Date

Every 22 December in Madrid

Cut-Off Time

December 19

Why Bet on El Gordo?

Spain’s annual Christmas raffle, El Gordo, is the biggest lottery event of the holiday season. With an extraordinary prize pool of over €2 billion and overall odds better than 1 in 6.5, bet on the world’s richest lottery this holiday season.

What is a Decima?

Because the cost of a full El Gordo ticket is quite high, each ticket is divided into ten parts, or “decimas”.

You can bet on a decima for a share of that prize tier. For instance, if your numbers come up, and you have purchased one decima, you will win 1/10th of the prize for that tier.

How does the El Gordo draw work?

On the day of the draw, each 5-digit ticket number and each prize tier are printed on separate balls, placed in 2 drums, and drawn to match a number with a prize.

There are 17 incredible prize categories and thousands of winning combinations. The top prize tier has an approximate payout of €4 million!

Tell me about El Gordo History

El Gordo can be traced all the way back to 1812 and gets its nickname (“the fat one”) as a reference to the huge amount of prize money distributed each year. Fun fact: the winning numbers are usually sung aloud by a chorus of school children from the Colegio de Educación Infantil y Primaria San Ildefonso as a long-standing tradition!

How does Online Lottery Betting work?

Instead of buying an actual El Gordo ticket, you will bet on a preselected El Gordo raffle ticket number. You will still receive the prize won by that ticket number – including the El Gordo First Prize – as if you had bought the ticket!