After the El Gordo comes the El Nino draw on January 6, 2025 with € 700 million in prizes and a 1 in 100,000 chance of winning the jackpot prize! El Niño is held on Epiphany Day and is considered a follow-up to the Christmas lottery. It offers participants a second chance to win significant prizes.
Play Spanish El Nino
One of the most popular weekly lotteries in Spain, with draws on Thursdays and Saturdays. It features a format where players select six numbers from a pool of 49. It’s one of the most popular lotteries in Spain.
What is El Nino?
‘Sorteo Extraordinario de Navidad’, better known as the Spanish Christmas Lottery, is not the only big lottery in Spain. It has a brother named ‘El Niño’. Just like the natural phenomenon, this El Niño is special as well. The lottery always takes place at January 6, during the day of Epiphany. This is why the official name is The Epiphany Lottery. However, people like to call it El Niño (small child) because the prize money is lower than El Gordo.
To take part in one of biggest annual Spanish lotteries, with €700 million in prizes and incredible 1 in 100,000 chances of winning the jackpot prize, simply choose one or more tickets on this website.
Winner of 2025 El Nino jackpot
The first prize of €2 million per series was awarded to ticket number 78908, entirely sold in León. The second prize, 06766, granted €75,000 per ticket, while the third prize, 66777, provided €25,000 per ticket. These prizes were distributed across over 300 locations in Spain, including Valencia, the Canary Islands, and the Balearic Islands.
Old Spanish Lottery
The El Niño Lottery isn’t as old as El Gordo. The Spanish government organized it for the very first time in 1941. Only since 1999 it takes place during Epiphany Day, which is a national holiday in Spain. The prize money of El Niño is lower than El Gordo. On the other hand, it does have more low prizes. This increases your winning chances.
Lotteries from the Spanish government
The Spanish government organizes almost all of the Spanish lotteries. Winners don’t have to pay taxes in Spain, but it could be different when you’re living in another countries. Just like the Christmas version, people from abroad can also participate in El Niño. A good thing about this lottery is that a part of the revenue is given to charities.
Where to purchase tickets for El Nino?
You can buy the El Niño tickets in several shops all over Spain. Of course a visit to the website of the Lotería La Nacional’ is possible as well. The website has one big advantage, namely that it’s possible to decide your own lottery numbers or last number. Besides that, the language on the website is Spanish and English. So it’s also available for people from abroad.