He Christmas present of the December 22 made of a few of the lucky ones, we finally know what number “El Gordo” will take. An occasion where many people bet on a single number, while many others decide to buy. … several and in this process, some may break or even get lost.
To avoid this disappointment and be able to collect our entire Christmas lot, The National Police advises making photocopies of tenths to prove ownership if necessary. However, there are several solutions if you lose your number: here’s what you need to do if you want to recover a lost Christmas lottery ticket.
How to get back a tenth of Christmas you lost
The first thing is file a complaint containing the data of the tenth: number, series, fraction and date of the draw. And if we also have a photocopy, it would be advisable to attach it. Then we must report the incident to the State Lotteries and Bets, who will stop the collection of the prize.
The need to prove the purchase of the ticket and that no one previously claimed payment for the winning ticket was decided by the National Court in 2021, after a 2006 case in which a person reported the loss of a 300,000 euro prize ticket which they ended up finding two years later.
When he presented the tenth winner, The National Directorate of Lotteries and Betting rejected the withdrawal of the ticket and it was then that the winner decided to go to court with an extraordinary appeal to re-examine his case.
Five years later, in 2011, the National Court recognized that it had been proven that no one had received the amount and that the tenth was acquired by the appellant, who subsequently lost it, and that it was found at the same time. Thanks to this, he managed to collect the 300,000 euros that corresponded to him.
How to recover a broken Christmas lottery tenth
In case our ticket is broken, we must go to an official lottery administration with the ticket and fill out documentation proving ownership of this. After that, the State Lotteries and Paris will send the ticket to the National Coin and Stamp Factory with the intention that its authenticity will be verified there. Once this is done, it will be the institution that decides whether or not the price can be recovered.
If you want to know if any of your tickets are awarded this December 22, you can do so using the ABC Christmas Lottery number checker. And you will know instantly if you are one of the lucky winners.
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