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Annual Spanish Raffles: Loteria de Navidad and Loteria del Nino
Loteria National Extra
What is the Lotería Nacional Extra?
Loteria Nacional Extra is a monthly raffle draw with a huge prize pool and extremely favourable winning odds. The Spanish National Lottery stages regular raffle draws twice a week but its special monthly (or bi-monthly) Loteria Nacional Extra raffle draws (sorteos extradordinarios) attract players from all over the world. Dedicated to national holidays, traditions, or cultural organizations, the Loteria Nacional Extra raffle draws offer prize pools of €84, €105, or €140 million and 1 in 3 tickets wins a Loteria Nacional Extra prize!
How do I play Loteria Nacional?
Loteria Nacional Extra is a raffle in which players purchase pre-printed tickets with five-digit codes. The Spanish National Lottery prints 100,000 tickets for sorteo extradordinario draws in 10 copies (series) and further divides tickets into ten shares. Players can purchase whole tickets or individual shares.
100,000 tickets * 10 copies * 10 shares = 10 million available shares.
To play, select from the available shares here or shuffle the shares to see more raffle codes.
What do the different numbers on my Loteria Nacional ticket mean?
1 – This is the ticket code – can range between 00000-99999. This is the five-digit code which will be drawn at the time of the raffle.
2 – This is the lottery number and year for the upcoming draw
3 – This is the series number for the ticket – can range between 1-10
4 – This is the share number – can range between 1-10
5 – This is the complete date for the upcoming draw
6 – This is your ticket number
What are the odds of winning Loteria Nacional?
Loteria Nacional has excellent winning odds that outshine many of the world’s biggest lotteries: more than 1 in 3 tickets will win a prize! The odds of the winning the first prize are 1:100,000, and there are 37, 151 ways to ways to win in every raffle draw! To see the full Loteria Nacional prize breakdown, click here.
How will I know if I won Loteria Nacional?
Full Loteria Nacional Extra results will be posted on
TheLotter’s website within a few hours after the draw. You can check to see if you won prizes with TheLotter’s customised results checker. Please note: our results checker is not able to check for the winning premio especial share. Winners of the premio especial prize will be notified by TheLotter's customer support.
What is the premio especial in the Loteria Nacional Extra draws?
The premio especial is a jackpot prize awarded in many Loteria Nacional Extra draws. When awarded, the premio especial could be either €5 million, €15 million, or €20 million, depending on the size of the total prize pool. This prize is awarded to the player with the winning share in a specific series of the first prize winning ticket. As an example, in a draw with a €5 million premio especial, the winner holding the specific share in the specific series of the first prize winning ticket would receive €100,000 (share winnings) + €4.9 million (premio especial) = €5 million total prize.
How do I know when the next Loteria Nacional Extra takes place?
The Spanish National Lottery announces the dates and details of its Loteria Nacional Extra raffle draws as they approach. Tickets are offered for sale on TheLotter shortly afterwards, giving you plenty of time to guarantee your participation in the next raffle draw.
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