This December 22nd, the 2021 Christmas Lottery draw is held at the Teatro Real in Madrid. The drums will begin to move at the same time as always, 9:00 am (peninsular time). They will do so after constituting the table that authorizes the Extraordinary Christmas Draw and once the children of San Ildefonso are ready, in charge of singing the prizes. An hour before the start, the balls with the numbers and the prizes will have been dumped into the drums through the hopper.
How to see the Christmas Lottery draw
The Christmas draw can be followed from early on Wednesday morning live in EL PAÍS, which will carry out a special coverage of the 2021 Christmas Lottery. This includes live broadcasting and a display of professionals and reporters from different points of the Spanish geography to tell first-hand the stories left by this year’s awards.
In addition, as usual, the Christmas Draw will be broadcast in its entirety by La 1 de RTVE.
The Christmas Lottery prizes
In total, 2,408 million euros are distributed, 70% of the issue, which amounts to 3,440 million euros. Of all of them, the most anticipated is the jackpot, valued at four million euros per series (which translates to 400,000 euros per tenth). But he is not the only one: the second prize will distribute 120,000 euros per tenth and the third 50,000 euros. Finally, the fourth prizes will give away 20,000 euros per ticket, while the fifths will contribute 6,000 euros to the pockets of the winners. If you are not lucky with the big boys, you can always wait for the stones. This consists of 1,794 prizes of 100 euros for each tenth.
This year, the second marked by the coronavirus, a novelty has been introduced in the way to collect the prizes, those that are equal to or less than 2,000 euros can be collected electronically through Bizum. It is a commitment to innovation by Loterías y Apuestas del Estado.
In addition, as in 2020, those who receive prizes of less than 40,000 will not need to pay taxes to the Treasury, while those lucky enough with larger amounts will have to contribute 20% of the resulting prize to the State after subtracting the initial 40,000.
How to check the Christmas Lottery
On the day of the Extraordinary Christmas Draw you will be able to check if your tickets have been awarded in EL PAÍS, where you will also find the official list of State Lotteries that is issued after the draw, the mobile widget and all the news to know where they have been distributed the main prizes of the Lottery 2021.
– Widget: The results of the draw, on your mobile and on your website
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